Elevated level of B-cell-activating factor in tissues and serum of patients with vitiligo: a proof of autoimmune theory

Elevated level of B-cell-activating factor in tissues and serum of patients with vitiligo: a proof of autoimmune theory

Background Several studies strongly supported the involvement of autoimmunity in vitiligo pathogenesis, which proposed the alteration of both humoral and cellular immunity leading to the destruction of melanocytes. B-lymphocyte-activating factor (BAFF) is a member of tumor necrosis factor family tha...

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Main Authors: Abdel-Aziz El-Rifaie, Yasser M Gohary, Dina S Abdel-Fattah, Samar F Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian Women’s Dermatologic Society
Subjects:
autoimmune
b-cell activating factor
vitiligo
Online Access:http://www.jewd.eg.net//article.asp?issn=1687-1537;year=2019;volume=16;issue=1;spage=63;epage=67;aulast=El-Rifaie

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