High soluble IL-7 receptor expression in Sjögren's syndrome identifies patients with increased immunopathology and dryness

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1735-1736

  Hillen, M R ^a   Blokland, S L M ^a   Risselada, A P ^a   Bikker, A ^a   Lauwerys, B R ^b   Kruize, A A ^a   Radstake, T R D J ^a   Van Roon, J A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune Diseases; Cytokines; Sj gren's Syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOLUBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973382857     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209236     Document Type: Letter

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