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SATB1 Conditional Knockout Results in Sjögren's Syndrome in Mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2017
Tanaka Yuriko, Sotome Takehiko, Inoue Akiko, Mukozu Takanori, Kuwabara Taku, Mikami Tetuo, Kowhi-Shigematsu Terumi, Kondo Motonari
Abstract excerpt
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease in which exocrine tissues are affected by cellular and humoral immunity. As a result, the salivary and lacrimal glands of patients with SS are damaged, leading to xerostomia (dry mouth) and keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eyes). Because experimental approaches to investigate SS pathogenesis in human patients are limited, development of a mouse model is...
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