OBJECTIVE: The association between burnout and physical diseases has been studied
very little. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between burnout and …

OBJECTIVE To assess the prognosis of patients with sicca symptoms and to identify the clinical
and immunological factors that most sensitively predict the later development of primary …

Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO), which is the rate-limiting enzyme for tryptophan (trp)
catabolism, may play a critical role in various inflammatory disorders. Recent studies on …

Objective. To determine whether the haplotypes formed on the basis of single-base–exchange
polymorphisms at positions 1082, 819, or 592 of the interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene …

Objective. The aim of this research was to describe the effectiveness and drug survival of
tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to …

Objective. Anti-carbonic anhydrase II (anti-CA II) antibodies have been related to renal
manifestations of primary SS (pSS), and animal studies have even suggested a pathogenic role …

Limited data are available regarding the intracellular responses to different cytokines in
primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). We studied the signal transducer and activator of …

Background: Immunohistological studies on salivary and lacrimal glands have yielded
conflicting results on the Th1/Th2 balance in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). Objective: To …

1. Seror R, Ravaud P, Bowman SJ, et al. EULAR Sjogren’s syndrome disease activity index:
development of a consensus systemic disease activity index for primary Sjogren’s syndrome…

Objective. There is ample evidence demonstrating that accelerated atherosclerosis prevails
in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, particularly in SLE, and that the risk is due not only to …