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B cells in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren syndrome.
Nature reviews. Rheumatology - 1 Mar 2018
Nocturne Gaëtane, Mariette Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is a prototypical autoimmune disease. The involvement of B cells in the pathogenesis of pSS has long been suspected on the basis of clinical observations that include the presence of serum autoantibodies, hypergammaglobulinaemia, increased levels of free light chains and increased risk of B cell lymphoma. Moreover, the composition of the B cell subset is altered in pSS. In this...
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