Sjogren's syndrome and methylation Archives

Abstract Number: 2980 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis of CD19+ B Cells in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Gunnel Nordmark¹, Juliana Imgenberg-Kreuz², Jonas Carlsson Almlöf², Jessica Nordlund², Roald Omdal³, Katrine B. Norheim³, Maija-Leena Eloranta⁴, Lars Rönnblom⁴ and Johanna K. Sandling², ¹Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ²Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ³Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, ⁴Department of Medical Sciences, SciLife Lab, Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose Increasing evidence suggests an epigenetic contribution to the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) (1). A genome-wide DNA methylation study in…

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