Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and lymphocytes"

Abstract Number: 2874 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) Expression Is Associated with Lymphoproliferation and Lymphoma in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Saviana Gandolfo¹, Cinzia Fabro¹, Michela Bulfoni², Sabino Russi³, Luca Quartuccio¹, Domenico Ettore Sansonno³, Carla Di Loreto², Daniela Cesselli² and Salvatore De Vita¹, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune and lymphoproliferative systemic disease with B cell hyperactivity and increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) evolution. In…