SAT0172 Decreased expression of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in labial salivary glands of patients with primary sjögren’s syndrome is associated with local and systemic disease parameters

Abstract

BackgroundThymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a potent immunomodulatory IL-7 related cytokine involved in Th2 mediated immune responses and homeostatic T-cell expansion. Reduced TSLP expression by intestinal epithelial cells was recently...