TY - JOUR T1 - Association Between Glandular Infiltrate and Leukopenia in Sjögren Syndrome (SS): Data From the Italian Research Group on SS (GRISS) JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.200328 SP - jrheum.200328 AU - Giacomo Cafaro AU - Roberto Gerli AU - Elena Bartoloni Y1 - 2020/09/15 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200328.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the paper by Sharma, et al1, who analyzed a cohort of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS), evaluating differences between a subgroup of subjects with positive minor salivary gland (MSG) biopsy compared to patients with a negative MSG biopsy. The authors found a higher prevalence of anti-La positivity and increased levels of IgG in the former group and identified a significant upregulation of type I interferon (IFN)–regulated genes in a sample group of patients with positive MSG biopsy. ER -