American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting Awardee
Maria I. Christodoulou, BSc, PhD-Candidate and
Efstathia K. Kapsogeorgou, PhD
Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine,
National University of Athens,
Athens, Greece

Abstract: FOXP3+ T Regulatory Cells (Tregs) in the Autoimmune Lesions of Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS): Correlation with the Number of the Infiltrating Dendritic Cells and Macrophages
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American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting Honorable Mention
Marc Ittah, PhD
INSERM U802, Université Paris Sud,
Rhumatologie Hopital de Bicêtre
Paris, France

Abstract: Reovirus-2 (a dsRNA Virus) and Poly (I:C) Induce High Expression of BAFF mRNA and Protein by Salivary Epithelial Cells Through TLR3 / Type 1-Interferon -Dependant and -Independent Pathways
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American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting Honorable Mention
Linn Strandberg, PhD and
Aurelie Ambrosi, MSc
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract: Interferon-Alpha Induces Up-Regulation and Nuclear Translocation of the Ro52 Autoantigen
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Shaohui Liu, MD, PhD
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Harvard Medical School

Abstract: Aromatase Influence on Gene Expression in the Meibomian Gland
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American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Eshrat Emamian, DDS
University of Minnesota

Abstract: Comparison of Gene Expression Profiles Between Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Louis Tong, MBBS, FRCS, DM
Ocular Surface Center, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

Abstract: Transglutaminase-2 Mediates p65 Translocation from Cytoplasm to Nucleus in the UVB-activated NF-kappaB Pathway
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American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, MD, PhD, France
Innate Immunity and Interferon Signaling Pathways: A Pivotal Pathogenic Role in Epithelial Cells of Salivary Glands and Ocular Surface in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Ashish K. Sharma , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Tumor Necrosis Factor-Induced Apoptosis in Corneal Epithelial Cells Is Attenuated by Novel Lacrimal Glycoprotein, Lacritin

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Biji Kurien, PhD , Oklahoma Research Medical Foundation (ORMF)
Adoptive Transfer of Lymphocytes from Mice with Sjögren’s-Like Syndrome Transfers Disease into Naïve Mice

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Lihui Luo, MD , Baylor College of Medicine, Dallas, TX
Hyperosmolarity Induces Apoptosis through a cytochrome c-mediated death pathway and MAPK activation in human corneal epithelial cells

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Marc R. Kok, MD , National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
"Local Adeno-Associated Virus Mediated IL-10 Gene Transfer has Disease Modifying Effects in a Murine Model of Sjögren's Syndrome"

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Lihui Luo, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Dallas, TX
"Experimental dry eye induces expression of inflammatory cytokines (IL-1Beta and TNF-Alpha), MMP-9 and activated MAPK by the corneal epithelium"

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Frédéric Lavie, MD, Bicetre Hospital, INSERM EMI 0109, Paris-Sud University, France
RANK and RANKL Expression in Salivary Glands from Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Helline B. Paz MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mucin Packaging in the Conjunctival Goblet Cells of Vitamin D Receptor Ablated Mice

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Dr Nicole Amft, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Constitutive Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Expression Contributes to the Pattern of Inflammatory Cell Infiltrates in Sjögren's Syndrome

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Staci C. Walton, University of Virginia
Functional Analysis of Lacritin: Secretion Modulations, Cell Proliferation, Calcium Signaling, and Tyrosine Phosphorylation.

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Yoko Ogawa, MD Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Ultrastructural and immunohistochemic studies of lacrimal gland in patients with chronic graft-versus host disease

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Jennifer Cermak, PhD, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA
The role of androgens in dry eye

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Sally Waterman, PhD, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Autoantibodies against muscarinic receptors in bot primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome alter marine bladder contractility and are associated with autonomic symptoms

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Yolanda Diebold, PhD, Institute of Ophthalmology, Valladolid University, Valladolid, Spain
A confocal study of lectin binding sites in cultured conjunctival epithelium

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Maureen Rischmueller, MD, The Queens Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia
Salivary gland apoptosis in primary Sjögren's syndrome: A controlled study

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Mary Polihronis, PhD, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Modes of epithelial cell death and repair in Sjögren's syndrome

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Mariana J. Kaplan, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Is the liver a common extraglandular target in primary Sjögren's syndrome?

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting
Douglas A. Jabs, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Immunopathogenesis of lacrimal gland inflammation in MRL/Mplprllpr mice