Severity of Sjögren’s Syndrome Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Increases with Increased Percentage of Conjunctival Antigen-Presenting Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Clinical Severity
2.2. Conjunctival Antigen-Presenting Cells
2.3. Correlations between Conjunctival APCs and KCS Severity Markers
3. Discussion
4. Methods
4.1. Human Subjects
4.2. Conjunctival Goblet Cell Density
4.3. Flow Cytometry
4.4. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pflugfelder, S.C.; Bian, F.; Gumus, K.; Farley, W.; Stern, M.E.; De Paiva, C.S. Severity of Sjögren’s Syndrome Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Increases with Increased Percentage of Conjunctival Antigen-Presenting Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092760
Pflugfelder SC, Bian F, Gumus K, Farley W, Stern ME, De Paiva CS. Severity of Sjögren’s Syndrome Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Increases with Increased Percentage of Conjunctival Antigen-Presenting Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(9):2760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092760
Chicago/Turabian StylePflugfelder, Stephen C., Fang Bian, Koray Gumus, William Farley, Michael E. Stern, and Cintia S. De Paiva. 2018. "Severity of Sjögren’s Syndrome Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Increases with Increased Percentage of Conjunctival Antigen-Presenting Cells" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 9: 2760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092760