Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Sicca symptoms occur in around 30% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Herein, we examined the characteristics of RA patients bearing sicca symptomatology (RA-sicca) with a special focus on the immunohistopathological features of their labial minor salivary gland (LMSG) biopsies. METHODS:Our cohort included 100 consecutive RA patients which were interrogated using a sicca symptoms questionnaire. Positive responders were evaluated for ocular and oral dryness and underwent an LMSG biopsy. All samples were immunohistochemically evaluated for the presence and distribution of specific leukocyte subsets using appropriate markers and for the expression of certain immunoregulatory molecules by salivary gland epithelial cells. Positively stained and total mononuclear cells (MNC) were counted in the entire section. Counts were expressed as cell frequency (percentage of cell type number/total infiltrating MNC number). RESULTS:In the majority (86.1%) of the 44 RA-sicca cases, periductal infiltrates were observed in LMSG biopsies. The frequencies of infiltrating cell subtypes and their correlation with lesion severity were different from that previously described in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Moreover, DCs and ΜΦs frequencies were increased in RA-sicca patients who had a biopsy focus score <1 and absence of anti-Ro/anti-La autoantibodies, in contrast to what was observed for B cells. In about half of the biopsies, salivary gland epithelial cells expressed CD80/B7.1 molecules, most commonly in patients with a positive biopsy or anti-Ro/anti-La autoantibodies. CONCLUSION:LMSG infiltrates composition in RA-sicca patients is distinct from that described in pSS. These differences, further attest to diverse pathophysiologic processes operating in these two entities.
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J Autoimmunjournal_title
Journal of autoimmunityauthors
Fragoulis GE,Fragkioudaki S,Reilly JH,Kerr SC,McInnes IB,Moutsopoulos HMdoi
10.1016/j.jaut.2016.06.008subject
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2016-09-01 00:00:00pages
85-91eissn
0896-8411issn
1095-9157pii
S0896-8411(16)30086-5journal_volume
73pub_type
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