Apoptosis is widely known as programmed cell death eliciting no inflammatory responses.
The intricacy of apoptosis has been a focus of an array of researches, accumulating a wealth …

Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is a prototypical autoimmune disease. The involvement of
B cells in the pathogenesis of pSS has long been suspected on the basis of clinical …

Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a prototypic autoimmune disorder, management of
which has long suffered from a lack of knowledge of the underlying pathophysiological …

The inefficient clearance of dying cells can result in the accumulation of apoptotic cell
remnants. This occurrence is considered an intrinsic defect that can cause the permanent …

Sjogren's syndrome is characterized by the presence of a plethora of autoantibodies (Table
1). We herein review major recent development in autoantibodies associated with Sjogren …

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by a wide spectrum of auto-
antibodies which recognize several cellular components. The production of these self …

The critical function of the immune system is to discriminate self from non-self. Tolerance
against self-antigens is a highly regulated process and, in order to maintain it, the immune …

Autoantibodies target the RNA binding protein Ro60 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
and Sjögren's syndrome. However, it is unclear whether Ro60 and its associated RNAs …

Maternal passage of immunoglobulin G (IgG) is an important passive mechanism for
protecting the infant while the neonatal immune system is still immature and ineffective. IgG …

Aims Investigating human heart development and applying this to deviations resulting in
disease is incomplete without molecular characterization of the cell types required for …