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IL-4-STAT6 signal transduction-dependent induction of the clinical phase of Sjögren's syndrome-like disease of the nonobese diabetic mouse.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2007
Nguyen Cuong Q, Gao Jue-hua, Kim Hyuna, Saban Daniel R, Cornelius Janet G, Peck Ammon B
Abstract excerpt
NOD.B10-H2(b) and NOD/LtJ mice manifest, respectively, many features of primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome (SjS), an autoimmune disease affecting primarily the salivary and lacrimal glands leading to xerostomia (dry mouth) and xerophthalmia (dry eyes). B lymphocytes play a central role in the onset of SjS with clinical manifestations dependent on the appearance of autoantibodies reactive to multiple...
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