B-Cell Activating Factor Receptor (BAFFR) ELISA Kit for Sheep

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

BAFF-R: B-cell receptor specific for TNFSF13B/TALL1/BAFF/BLyS. Promotes the survival of mature B-cells and the B-cell response. Defects in TNFRSF13C are the cause of immunodeficiency common variable type 4 (CVID4); also called antibody deficiency due to BAFFR defect. CVID4 is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by antibody deficiency, hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections and an inability to mount an antibody response to antigen. The defect results from a failure of B-cell differentiation and impaired secretion of immunoglobulins; the numbers of circulating B-cells is usually in the normal range, but can be low. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.

Protein type: Receptor, misc.; Cell cycle regulation; Cell surface; Membrane protein, integral

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 22q13.1-q13.31

Cellular Component: integral to membrane; external side of plasma membrane

Biological Process: B cell costimulation; B cell homeostasis; T cell costimulation; positive regulation of germinal center formation; positive regulation of B cell proliferation; positive regulation of T cell proliferation; positive regulation of interferon-gamma biosynthetic process

Disease: Immunodeficiency, Common Variable, 2; Immunodeficiency, Common Variable, 4