Abstract Number: 665 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Salivary Gland Secretome: A Novel Tool to Identify Biomarkers of Dryness and Immunopathology in Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome and Non-Autoimmune Sicca Patients
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland biopsy is essential in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) diagnostics. However, tissue analysis using the traditional method has several limitations including inaccuracy of quantification of lymphocytic infiltration and poor correlation with dryness.…