Autoimmune Disease
Studies from M.I. Christodoulou and co-authors have provided new information about autoimmune disease
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 25th, 2008
"Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune exocrinopathy associated with variable lymphocytic infiltration of the affected organs (primarily salivary and lacrimal glands) and broad clinical manifestations, including lymphoma development. To investigate the potential implication of Foxp3(+) T-regulatory cells in the regulation of SS inflammatory responses, we studied their incidence in the minor salivary glands (MSGs) and their relationship with histopathological and clinical disease parameters," scientists writing in the American Journal of Pathology report.
"Similar percentages of infiltrating Foxp3(+) cells were observed in the MSG lesions of all SS...
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