Proinflammatory mediators elicit the secretion of the intracellular B- lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) pool that is stored in activated neutrophils: implications for inflammatory diseases. Short Title: Inducible BLyS secretion by activated neutrophils
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Department of Pathology, Division of General Pathology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Anatomy and Histology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD 20850, USA; Department of Biotechnology, Division of General Pathology and Immunology, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia and IRF “Mario Negri”, 20157 Milano, Italy.
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