Megakaryocytes constitute a functional component of a plasma cell niche in the bone marrow

Maintenance of serological memory

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APRIL is critical for plasmablast survival in the bone marrow and poorly expressed by early-life bone marrow stromal cells

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Perivascular clusters of dendritic cells provide critical survival signals to B cells in bone marrow niches

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The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib depletes plasma cells and protects mice with lupus-like disease from nephritis

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Maintenance of the plasma cell pool is independent of memory B cells

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Levels of autoantibodies, unlike antibodies to all extrinsic antigen groups, fall following B cell depletion with Rituximab

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