title: Immunology. Lymphocyte survival--ignorance is BLys.
abstract: As if the TNF receptor and ligand superfamily was not big enough, two new receptors and their ligands have now been added to it. As Laâbi and Strasser explain in their Perspective, the receptors BCMA and TACI and their ligands BAFF/BLys and APRIL, respectively, are important for B lymphocyte survival, proliferation, and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Victoria, Australia. laabi@wehi.edu.au
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Laâbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strasser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D053301:B-Cell Maturation Antigen; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D053303:Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor Protein; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D053301:B-Cell Maturation Antigen; D016207:Cytokines; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; C108467:TNFRSF13B protein, human; C086966:TNFRSF17 protein, human; C114631:TNFSF13 protein, human; C505719:TNFSF13B protein, human; C486361:Tnfrsf13b protein, mouse; C490176:Tnfrsf17 protein, mouse; C491959:Tnfsf13 protein, mouse; C505720:Tnfsf13b protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D053303:Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor Protein; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D023201:CD40 Ligand