title: Epigenetics in autoimmune disorders: highlights of the 10th Sjögren's syndrome symposium.
abstract: During the 10th International Symposium on Sjögren's Syndrome held in Brest, France, from October 1-3, 2009 (http://www.sjogrensymposium-brest2009.org), the creation of an international epigenetic autoimmune group has been proposed to establish gold standards and to launch collaborative studies. During this "epigenetics session", leading experts in the field presented and discussed the most recent developments of this topic in Sjögren's Syndrome research. The "Brest epigenetic task force" was born and has scheduled a meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia during the 7th Autoimmunity congress in May 2010.The following is a report of that session.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Epigenetic Research Center, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Qianjin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yves
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authors.lastname: Renaudineau
authors.forename: Seunghee
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authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Gabor
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authors.forename: Wesley H
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authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Carlo
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authors.lastname: Selmi
authors.forename: Athanasios
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authors.lastname: Tzioufas
authors.forename: Jacques-Olivier
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Pers
authors.forename: Stefano
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authors.lastname: Bombardieri
authors.forename: M Eric
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gershwin
authors.forename: Steffen
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authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Pierre
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authors.lastname: Youinou
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*