ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 552 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Shinjiro Kaieda1, Kyoko Fujimoto2, Masaki Okamoto3, Masaki Tominaga2, Tomoaki Hoshino4 and Hiroaki Ida5, 1Department of Medicine, *Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, kurume, Japan, 2Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, 3Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, 5Respiorogy, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mast cells have been implicated in many immune-inflammatory disorders. They mediate a variety of inflammatory and fibrotic conditions, but their role in sialadenitis and…