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I?B-? deficiency leaves epithelial cells high and dry

21.03.2013

Brendecke SM, Prinz M.

Immunity. 2013 Mar 21;38(3):404-6

Immunity         online article

The pathogenic mechanisms driving Sjögren s syndrome (SS) are unclear. Okuma and colleagues demonstrate that tissue-specific dysfunction, namely deficiency of the transcriptional regulator I B- in epithelial cells, rather than hematopoietic cell pathology, is sufficient to elicit SS-like inflammation.