Abstracts tagged "Sjogren’s syndrome and viruses"

Abstract Number: 527 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Multiplexed Nanostring Screening for Salivary Gland Viral Elements in Sjogren’s Syndrome
Kristin Haffizulla¹, Glen Barber², Juan Chen³ and Eric L. Greidinger⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²Virology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ³Rheumatology, The First Afflicted Hospital of Xiamen University, China, Miami, FL, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Background/Purpose: To test the hypothesis that viruses are associated with Sjogren’s syndrome, salivary gland RNA extracts from Sjogren’s patients and non-Sjogren’s controls were screened for…