title: Response to Comment on "The B Cell-Stimulatory Cytokines BLyS and APRIL Are Elevated in Human Periodontitis and Are Required for B Cell-Dependent Bone Loss in Experimental Murine Periodontitis".
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and geoh@upenn.edu.
authors.forename: George
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7392-8852
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hajishengallis
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Korostoff
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D053300:Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 13