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Annacarla Finucci
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CD4 T lymphocyte autophagy is upregulated in the salivary glands of primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients and correlates with focus score and disease a…
2017
Background Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a common chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands and peripheral lymphocyte perturbation. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the possible pathogenic implication of autophagy in T lymphocytes in patients with pSS. Methods Thirty consecutive pSS patients were recruited together with 20 patients affected by sicca syndrome and/or chronic sialoadenitis and 30 healthy controls. Disease activity and damage were evaluated according to SS disease activity index, EULAR SS disease activity index, and SS disease damage index. T lymphocytes were analyzed for the expression of autophagy-specific marke…
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of CD4 T lymphocyte autophagy is upregulated in the salivary glands of primary SjĂśgrenâ s syndrome patients and correl…
2017
IL-23p19 and IL-21 mRNA level correlations with mRNA levels of autophagy genes. IL-23p19 and IL-21 mRNA levels were directly and significantly correlated with the mRNA levels of ATG16L1, ATG5, and IRGM autophagy genes. (TIF 50 kb)