Inflammation and structural changes in the airways of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

The present study aimed to compare the cellular pattern and structural changes in the airways of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) with healthy controls. Bronchial biopsy specimens were obtained from seven subjects with pSS and seven healthy controls. All the patients with pSS had...

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Published in:	Respiratory medicine Vol. 95; no. 11; pp. 904 - 910
Main Authors:	AMIN, K., LÚDVÍKSDÓTTIR, D., JANSON, C., NETTELBLADT, O., GUDBJÖRNSSON, B., VALTYSDÓTTIR, S., BJÖRNSSON, E., ROOMANS, G.M., BOMAN, G., SEVÉUS, L., VENGE, P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2001 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Biopsy - methods Bronchial Hyperreactivity - complications Bronchial Hyperreactivity - pathology Bronchial Provocation Tests Bronchoconstrictor Agents bronchoscopy Case-Control Studies cytokines Eosinophils - immunology Female Humans inflammatory cells Interleukin-4 - immunology Interleukin-5 - immunology Interleukin-8 - immunology laminin Laminin - analysis Male Mast Cells - immunology Medical sciences MEDICIN MEDICINE Methacholine Chloride Middle Aged Neutrophils - immunology Pneumology Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Sjogren's Syndrome - complications Sjogren's Syndrome - pathology Sjögren's syndrome Statistics, Nonparametric T-Lymphocytes - immunology tenascin Tenascin - analysis cytokines laminin Sjögren's syndrome tenascin inflammatory cells bronchoscopy Human Immunohistochemistry Skin disease Nervous system diseases Hyperreactivity Respiratory disease Bronchus Clinical form Metabolic diseases Autoimmune disease Inflammation Genetic disease Case study Respiratory tract Pathology Eye disease Sjögren Larsson syndrome Degenerative disease
ISSN:	0954-6111, 1532-3064, 1532-3064
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