Abstract Number: 2979 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nucleic Acid Sensing Receptors TLR7, RIG-I and MDA5 Collaborate in Driving the Systemic IFN Signature and Amplify the Pathogenic Loop: Potential New Targets for Therapy in Primary Sjogrens Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibodies targeting RNA-associated antigens, anti-SSA/SSB. The IFN-signature is present in over half of…