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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): Sjogren's syndrome
SUBMITTER: Manon Wildenberg
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1242 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wildenberg Manon E ME van Helden-Meeuwsen Cornelia G CG van de Merwe Joop P JP Drexhage Hemmo A HA Versnel Marjan A MA
European journal of immunology 20080701 7
In the salivary glands of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSjS) patients, type I IFN activity is increased, but systemic levels of type I IFN proteins are rarely detected. This study focused on the systemic activity of type I IFN in pSjS, as well as the role of peripheral plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC). Monocytes obtained from pSjS patients showed an increased expression of 40 genes. Twenty-three of these genes (58%), including IFI27, IFITM1, IFIT3 and IFI44, were inducible by type I IFN. pSjS s ...[more]