Prolactin Levels Correlate with Abnormal B Cell Maturation in MRL and MRL/lpr Mouse Models of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Like Disease

Prolactin (PRL) plays an important role in modulating the immune response. In B cells, PRL enhances antibody production, including antibodies with self-specificity. In this study, our aims were to determine the level of PRL receptor expression during bone-marrow B-cell development and to assess whe...

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Main Authors: Maria Victoria Legorreta-Haquet, Rocio Flores-Fernández, Francisco Blanco-Favela, Ezequiel M Fuentes-Pananá, Luis Chávez-Sánchez, Rafael Hernández-González, Emiliano Tesoro-Cruz, Lourdes Arriaga-Pizano, Adriana Karina Chávez-Rueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/287469