Down-regulation of CD40 and CD80 on B cells in patients with life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus after successful treatment with rituximab.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on October 19, 2004

Authors

M Tokunaga1, K Fujii, K Saito, S Nakayamada, S Tsujimura, M Nawata, Y Tanaka

Author Affiliations

1: First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.

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