One of the most compelling features of dry eye disease (DED) is that it occurs more
frequently in women than men. In fact, the female sex is a significant risk factor for the …

Sjögren syndrome (SS), the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disease, refers to
keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia resulting from immune lymphocytes that infiltrate …

Objectives: Relationship between diabetes and periodontal disease is well established. It
has been shown that advanced glycation end‐products (AGEs) might exert noxious effects …

Purpose: We hypothesized that women with primary (pSS) and secondary Sjögren
syndrome (sSS; with systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE] or rheumatoid arthritis [RA]) have …

Diabetics have an increased prevalence of periodontitis, and diabetes is one of the
causative factors of severe periodontitis. Apoptosis is thought to be involved in this …

The insulin-like growth factors (IGF) are a family of growth factors, receptors and binding
proteins that are involved in numerous growth and differentiation processes, as well as in …

Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induces proliferation of endothelial
cells, stimulates angiogenesis, and increases vascular permeability, but information about …

Healing of extraction sockets involves complex cellular events such as repair and
regeneration of tissue. These events are precisely controlled and regulated by specific …

Background ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and Sjögren's syndrome (SS) are
uncommon autoimmune diseases. The co-occurrence in the same patient has been rarely …

Objective: Receptor for advanced glycation end product (RAGE) is a cell‐surface receptor
with ligands capable of inducing proinflammatory responses in autoimmunity. We …