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"

Second International Conference on the Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance

Ikuko Toda, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA
"Gender and androgen-related impact on the expression of proto-oncogenes and apoptotic factors in lacrimal and salivary glands of mouse models for 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?"

Conference on Salivary Gland Biogenesis and Function

Thomas R. Esch, PhD
"Autoantibodies in salivary hypofunction in the NOD mouse"

American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting

Douglas A. Jabs, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
"Immunopathogenesis of lacrimal gland inflammation in MRL/Mplprllpr mice"