SynthesisFrontiers in immunology2020
Serological Evidence for the Association Between Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Sjögren's Syndrome.
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- Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren's disease.Nature microbiology · 2025Article
- Understanding Sex Differences in Autoimmune Diseases: Immunologic Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Inhibiting miR-155-5p promotes proliferation of human submandibular gland epithelial cells in primary Sjogren's syndrome by negatively regulating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathwayNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025Article
- The role of microRNAs in primary Sjögren's disease: deciphering regulatory networks and assessing current therapeutic perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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- Oral Mucosal Human Papillomavirus and Epstein-Bar Virus Rates in Patients with Dry Mouth and/or Sjögren's Syndrome in a Hungarian Cohort.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2024Article
- Antibody immune responses and causal relationships in four immune skin diseases: Evidence from Mendelian randomization and Bayesian Weighting (Antibody Responses in Skin Diseases: MR & Bayesian).Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024Article
- Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation as a New Predictor of Achieving Remission or Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Cutaneous Involvement.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Key Genes of Immunity Associated with Pterygium and Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Abnormal expression of CXCL13, MIF and IL-35 in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and its relationship with disease severity.Central-European journal of immunology · 2023Article
- From bedside to bench: how existing therapies inform the relationship between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis.Clinical & translational immunology · 2023Review
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- Abnormal Changes of Monocyte Subsets in Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Targeted Therapy for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Where are We Now?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2021Review
- Bioinformatics Analysis for Identification of Key Genes in Salivary Gland and the Potential of a Combination of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of SS.Journal of inflammation research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Exposure to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been hypothesized to be an important risk factor for multiple rheumatic diseases, but the serological evidence so far for its role in Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) is not clearly established yet. This study aimed to assess the seroepidemiological associations of antibodies to EBV with SjS. Methods: A seroepidemiological study containing 119 patients with SjS and 65 healthy controls was first performed, in which the associations of SjS with four commonly studied EBV antibodies including IgM-anti-viral capsid antigen (anti-VCA) antibody, IgG-anti-VCA antibody, IgG-anti-early antigen (anti-EA) antibody, and IgG-anti-EBV nuclear antigen 1 (anti-EBNA1) antibody were evaluated. A systematic review and meta-analysis of eligible seroepidemiological studies was also carried out, and data syntheses were performed using random-effect meta-analysis. Results: In the case-control study, the patients with SjS had both a significantly higher prevalence of IgG-anti-EA antibody positivity (31.9% vs. 3.1%, P < 0.001) and high titers of IgG-anti-EA antibody (P < 0.001) than healthy controls. The titer of IgG-anti-VCA antibody was significantly increased in the patients with SjS compared with healthy controls (P < 0.001). IgG-anti-EA antibody seropositive patients with SjS had lower levels of both C3 (P = 0.002) and C4 (P = 0.02), and the titer of IgG-anti-EA antibody was inversely related to the levels of both C3 (r = -0.31, P < 0.001) and C4 (r = -0.20, P = 0.03). A total of 14 eligible studies on the serological associations between EBV infection and SjS were finally included into the meta-analysis, which suggested obvious associations of SjS with IgM-anti-VCA antibody [Odds ratio (OR) = 5.77, 95%CI 1.73-19.25, P = 0.004] and IgG-anti-EA antibody (OR = 9.97, 95%CI 4.58-21.67, P < 0.00001). Conclusions: The findings from this study provide strong serological evidence for the association between EBV infection and SjS. SjS has obvious associations with IgM-anti-VCA antibody and IgG-anti-EA antibody. IgG-anti-EA antibody is linked to low levels of C3 and C4 in the patients with SjS, the significance of which needs to be addressed in further studies.
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