B cell depletion in autoimmune disease.docVIP

Available online /content/5/S4/S17 Review B cell depletion in autoimmune disease Claire Gorman, Maria Leandro and David Isenberg Centre for Rheumatology, The Middlesex Hospital, University College London, UK Correspondence: David Isenberg (e-mail: D.Isenberg@ucl.ac.uk) Received: 8 Aug 2003 Accepted: 26 Aug 2003 Published: 2 Oct 2003 Arthritis Res Ther 2003, 5(Suppl 4):S17-S21 (DOI 10.1186/ar1007) ? 2003 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1478-6354; Online ISSN 1478-6362) Abstract The CD20 cell marker appears early in the process of B cell development. In this review we focus on the result