Increased serum levels of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in subsets of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Abstract

Elevated serum levels of BAFF were found in myositis patients with interstitial lung disease and with anti-Jo-1 autoantibodies.

Keywords

• serum levels of BAFF
• myositis
• B-cell activating factor (BAFF)
• idiopathic inflammatory myopathies