{"symbol":"TNFSF13B","synonyms":["TALL1","ZTNF4","THANK","TNFSF20","TALL-1","DTL","TNLG7A","BAFF","BLYS","CD257"],"name":"tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 13b","description":"The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This cytokine is a ligand for receptors TNFRSF13B/TACI, TNFRSF17/BCMA, and TNFRSF13C/BAFFR. This cytokine is expressed in B cell lineage cells, and acts as a potent B cell activator. It has been also shown to play an important role in the proliferation and differentiation of B cells. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":10673,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/10673","proteins":[{"symbol":"TN13B_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TN13B_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily (TNFSF)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Tumor+necrosis+factor+%28ligand%29+superfamily+%28TNFSF%29"},{"name":"CD molecules (CD)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/CD+molecules+%28CD%29"}]}