Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily Member 13C (TNFRSF13C) Reagents

Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 13C

B-cell receptor specific for TNFSF13B/TALL1/BAFF/BLyS. Promotes the survival of mature B-cells and the B-cell response.

Immunodeficiency, common variable, 4 (CVID4)

Membrane; Single-pass type III membrane protein.

Highly expressed in spleen and lymph node, and in resting B-cells. Detected at lower levels in activated B-cells, resting CD4+ T-cells, in thymus and peripheral blood leukocytes.

B cell activating factor receptor; B-cell-activating factor receptor; BAFF R; BAFF receptor; BAFF-R; BAFFR; BLyS receptor 3; BlySR3; BR 3; BR3; BROMIX; CD 268; CD268; CD268 antigen; CVID4; MGC138235; OTTHUMP00000028746; Prolixin; TNFRSF 13C; Tnfrsf13c; TR13C_HUMAN; Tumor necrosis factor receptor subunit member 13C; Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 13C

B cell-activating factor (BAFF) enhances B-cell survival in vitro and is a regulator of the peripheral B-cell population. Overexpression of Baff in mice results in mature B-cell hyperplasia and symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Also, some SLE patients have increased levels of BAFF in serum. Therefore, it has been proposed that abnormally high levels of BAFF may contribute to the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases by enhancing the survival of autoreactive B cells. The protein encoded by this gene is a receptor for BAFF and is a type III transmembrane protein containing a single extracellular cysteine-rich domain. It is thought that this receptor is the principal receptor required for BAFF-mediated mature B-cell survival.