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Plasma cell biology: principles for therapeutic design

E Steve Woodle, Rita R Alloway, Nicole Schmidt Ejaz

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    |August 7, 2014
    PubMed
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    Targeted therapies focus on plasma cells, the antibody-producing cells of B-lymphocytes. Future treatments will combine drugs to enhance effectiveness against antibody responses in transplantation and autoimmune diseases.

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