| Literature DB >> 1701273 |
R F Garry1, C D Fermin, D J Hart, S S Alexander, L A Donehower, H Luo-Zhang.
Abstract
Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. The loss of salivary and lacrimal gland function is accompanied by lymphocytic infiltration. Because similar symptoms and glandular pathology are observed in certain persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a search was initiated for a possible retroviral etiology in this syndrome. A human intracisternal A-type retroviral particle that is antigenically related to HIV was detected in lymphoblastoid cells exposed to homogenates of salivary tissue from patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Comparison of this retroviral particle to HIV indicates that they are distinguishable by several ultrastructural, physical, and enzymatic criteria.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Neuroscience; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1701273 DOI: 10.1126/science.1701273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728