Yoshimoto and colleagues [1] demonstrate that peri pheral monocytes from patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) produce signifi cantly higher amounts of the cytokines B cell-activating factor (BAFF) (also called B-lympho cyte stimulator, or BlyS) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in compari son with normal monocytes. Increased expression of BAFF might explain pathogenic B-cell activation in several syste...

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