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Establishment of a convenient system for the long-term culture and study of non-neoplastic human salivary gland epithelial cells.
European journal of oral sciences - 1 Feb 2002
Dimitriou Ioannis D, Kapsogeorgou Efstathia K, Abu-Helu Rasmi F, Moutsopoulos Haralampos M, Manoussakis Menelaos N
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial cells appear to play an important role in the initiation and maintenance of autoimmune lesions in the salivary glands of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Therefore, the detailed study of immunological function of salivary gland epithelial cells (SGEC) may provide useful information for the understanding of Sjögren's syndrome pathogenesis. In this report we aimed to formulate a protocol for the...
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