Histological differences related to autophagy in the minor salivary gland between primary and secondary types of Sjögren's syndrome

• Main Authors: Hitomi Ono-Minagi (Author), Tsutomu Nohno (Author), Kiyofumi Takabatake (Author), Takehiro Tanaka (Author), Takayuki Katsuyama (Author), Kohta Miyawaki (Author), Jun Wada (Author), Soichiro Ibaragi (Author), Seiji Iida (Author), Tadashi Yoshino (Author), Hitoshi Nagatsuka (Author), Takayoshi Sakai (Author), Hideyo Ohuchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Some forms of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) follow a clinical course accompanied by systemic symptoms caused by lymphocyte infiltration and proliferation in the liver, kidneys, and other organs. To better understand the clinical outcomes of SS, here we used minor salivary gland tissues from...