title: Sjögren's syndrome: studying the disease in mice.
abstract: Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a systemic autoimmune disease, is characterized by inflammation of exocrine tissues accompanied by a significant loss of their secretory function. Clinical symptoms develop late and there are no diagnostic tests enabling early diagnosis of SS. Thus, particularly to study these covert stages, researchers turn to studying animal models where mice provide great freedom for genetic manipulation and testing the effect of experimental intervention. The present review summarizes current literature pertaining to both spontaneous and extrinsic-factor induced SS-like diseases in mouse models, discussing advantages and disadvantages related to the use of murine models in SS research.
authors.affiliation: Broegelmann Research Laboratory, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, New Laboratory Building, 5th floor, #5305, 5021 Bergen, Norway. nicolas.delaleu@gades.uib.no
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delaleu
authors.forename: Cuong Q
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Ammon B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jonsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007125:Immunogenetics / Q000639:trends*; D051379:Mice; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy