Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate

Abstract IL-18, an immunoregulatory and proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play an important pathogenic role in Th1-driven autoimmune disorders. In this study, we evaluated the circulating levels and salivary-gland expression of IL-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a mainly...
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Bombardieri, Michele [verfasserIn]

Barone, Francesca [verfasserIn]

Pittoni, Valerio [verfasserIn]

Alessandri, Cristiano [verfasserIn]

Conigliaro, Paola [verfasserIn]

Blades, Mark C [verfasserIn]

Priori, Roberta [verfasserIn]

McInnes, Iain B [verfasserIn]

Valesini, Guido [verfasserIn]

Pitzalis, Costantino [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

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2004

Schlagwörter:

chronic sialoadenitis

germinal centre

interleukin-18

Sjögren's syndrome

tingible body macrophages

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© Bombardieri et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2004. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.

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Enthalten in: Arthritis Research & Therapy - BioMed Central, 1999, 6(2004), 5 vom: 03. Aug.

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volume:6 ; year:2004 ; number:5 ; day:03 ; month:08

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/ar1209

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SPR030799015

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