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韩 艺, 李 常, 陈 秀, 赵 金. [Comparison of clinical and immunological characteristics between primary Sjögren's syndrome patients with positive and negative anti-SSB antibody]. BEIJING DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF PEKING UNIVERSITY. HEALTH SCIENCES 2023; 55:1000-1006. [PMID: 38101780 PMCID: PMC10724006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the differences of clinical manifestations and laboratory features between primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) patients with positive and negative anti-Sjögren's syndrome type B (SSB) antibody. METHODS The clinical data of pSS patients hospitalized in Department of Rheumato-logy and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital were retrospectively analyzed to investigate the differences of clinical and laboratory features between anti-SSB positive and negative groups. The t test, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test and Fisher's exact probability were used for analysis. RESULTS A total of 142 pSS patients were enrolled in this study, including 137 females and 5 males with a mean age of (54.8±13.3) years. The anti-SSB positive group included 44 patients accounting for 31.0% of the pSS patients. The anti-SSB positive pSS patients were younger at disease onset and at visit [age at visit: (50.9±14.5) years vs. (56.5±12.4) years; age at onset: (42.2±14.8) years vs. (49.5±15.3) years, P < 0.05]. The patients with anti-SSB positive more frequently presented with rash (29.5% vs. 14.3%, P < 0.05), enlargement of parotid glands (27.3% vs. 8.2%, P < 0.05), renal tubular acidosis (15.9% vs. 4.2%, P < 0.05), immune thrombocytopenia (9.1% vs. 1.0%, P < 0.05), rheumatoid factor (RF) positive (85.0% vs. 49.4%, P < 0.05), higher RF and antinuclear antibody (ANA) titers (median: 89.8 IU/mL vs. 20.5 IU/mL; median: 320 vs. 160, P < 0.05), anti-Sjögren's syndrome type A (SSA) antibody positive (97.7% vs. 64.3%, P < 0.05), elevation of γ globulin (71.4% vs. 38.5%, P < 0.05), higher levels of IgG (median: 21.0 g/L vs. 15.6 g/L, P < 0.05), higher proportions of CD3-CD19+ cells [(21.0±11.9)% vs. (13.7±9.6)%, P < 0.05] and lower proportions of CD3+ cells [(67.2±14.4)% vs. (76.6%±13.1)%, P < 0.05] than those negative. However, the anti-SSB positive group was less likely to show anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA)-M2 positivity (10.5% vs. 35.6%, P < 0.05). Glucocorticoids (90.9% vs. 73.5%, P < 0.05) and immunosuppressants (54.5% vs. 36.7%, P < 0.05) were more frequently used in anti-SSB positive pSS patients than those negative. CONCLUSION The anti-SSB positive pSS patients were younger at disease onset while more frequently presenting with various symptoms, higher levels of other antibodies and activation of B cells than those negative. Glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants were more frequently used, indicating that anti-SSB positive group presented with a more severe clinal phenotype.
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- 艺钧 韩
- 北京大学第三医院风湿免疫科, 北京 100191Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- 北京大学第三医院风湿免疫科, 北京 100191Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- 北京大学第三医院延庆院区内科, 北京 102100Department of Internal Medicine, Yanqing Hospital, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 102100, China
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- 北京大学第三医院风湿免疫科, 北京 100191Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Duan N, Li Z, Fan Y, Jiang Y, Li H. Related factors of renal injury in primary Sjögren's syndrome. Immun Ageing 2023; 20:48. [PMID: 37735697 PMCID: PMC10512495 DOI: 10.1186/s12979-023-00375-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a common chronic systemic autoimmune disorder which primarily affects the exocrine glands. Patients may have extraglandular disease involving multiple organs, including the kidneys. This study aimed at investigating the clinical data and laboratory markers which were associated with renal function damage or renal involvement. METHOD One thousand two hundred eighty-eight adult pSS patients from the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. And there were 334 patients of them followed up for more than two years for analyzing demographic, clinical data and laboratory markers. Statistical analysis was performed by R software (Version 3.6.2). RESULT Nearly 95% of 1288 pSS patients were women, and the positive rates of anti-SSA (Sjögren's syndrome A) and anti-SSB were 63% and 27% respectively. 12% of the pSS patients presented renal involvement with eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, and the mean age of hospital presentation, serum creatinine and urea were the highest (P < 0.001), and ANA (antinuclear antibody)-positive, anti-SSB-positive and anti-scl-70-positive were more prevalent in this group. Multivariate analyses showed that age, urea, chlorine and anti-SSA indicate a significant association with renal dysfunction. Potassium, sodium and Jo-1 were also confirmed to be related with decreased renal function. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis including the above factors showed a good performance on the evaluation of renal injury including eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and eGFR 60 -90 mL/min/1.73 m2 in pSS, with area under curve (AUC) values of 0.957 and 0.821, and high sensitivity (71.1% and 84.4%) and specificity (95.5% and 70.5%). After a more than two years follow-up of anti-SSA positive patients, 34.14% of them developed decreased renal function, and 13.58% of them experienced a progression of renal injury with a 23.64% decrease in eGFR. CONCLUSION Age, urea, chlorine, and anti-SSA were highly associated with renal injury in pSS. Early screening for autoantibodies would be meaningful for evaluation and prevention of renal injury in pSS.
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- Nan Duan
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
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Yang J, Chen X, Luo C, Li Z, Chen C, Han S, Lv X, Wu L, Chen C. Application of serum SERS technology combined with deep learning algorithm in the rapid diagnosis of immune diseases and chronic kidney disease. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15719. [PMID: 37735599 PMCID: PMC10514316 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42719-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), as a rapid, non-invasive and reliable spectroscopic detection technique, has promising applications in disease screening and diagnosis. In this paper, an annealed silver nanoparticles/porous silicon Bragg reflector (AgNPs/PSB) composite SERS substrate with high sensitivity and strong stability was prepared by immersion plating and heat treatment using porous silicon Bragg reflector (PSB) as the substrate. The substrate combines the five deep learning algorithms of the improved AlexNet, ResNet, SqueezeNet, temporal convolutional network (TCN) and multiscale fusion convolutional neural network (MCNN). We constructed rapid screening models for patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and healthy controls (HC), diabetic nephropathy patients (DN) and healthy controls (HC), respectively. The results showed that the annealed AgNPs/PSB composite SERS substrates performed well in diagnosing. Among them, the MCNN model had the best classification effect in the two groups of experiments, with an accuracy rate of 94.7% and 92.0%, respectively. Previous studies have indicated that the AgNPs/PSB composite SERS substrate, combined with machine learning algorithms, has achieved promising classification results in disease diagnosis. This study shows that SERS technology based on annealed AgNPs/PSB composite substrate combined with deep learning algorithm has a greater developmental prospect and research value in the early identification and screening of immune diseases and chronic kidney disease, providing reference ideas for non-invasive and rapid clinical medical diagnosis of patients.
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- Jie Yang
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830001, China
- Xinjiang Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid arthritis, Urumqi, 830001, China
- Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830054, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830001, China
- Xinjiang Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid arthritis, Urumqi, 830001, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830001, China
- Xinjiang Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid arthritis, Urumqi, 830001, China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- College of Physics Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- College of Software, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830001, China.
- Xinjiang Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid arthritis, Urumqi, 830001, China.
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- College of Software, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China.
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Khanal P, Paudel S, Chapagain S, Thapa S, Gyawali M. Hypokalemic Paralysis Revealing Primary Sjogren's Syndrome: A Case Report. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2023; 61:735-737. [PMID: 38289796 PMCID: PMC10579740 DOI: 10.31729/jnma.8266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Sjogren's syndrome is a rare chronic autoimmune disease characterised by dry eyes and dry mouth due to autoimmune destruction of the lacrimal and salivary glands, which can occur concurrently with other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, or thyroiditis. It can lead to renal complications such as interstitial nephritis and glomerulonephritis, with distal/ type 1 renal tubular acidosis which may result in life-threatening electrolyte imbalance. We present a case of a 35-year-old female who presented with complaints of multiple episodes of muscle weakness. Type 1 renal tubular acidosis was discovered to be the cause of her symptoms which lead to the subsequent diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome. This is rare presentation of Sjogren's syndrome, and it poses a challenge to diagnosis. Early detection and diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome might be difficult due to existing diagnostic criteria, which contributes to a higher likelihood of missed diagnosis. Keywords case reports; hypokalemia; renal tubular acidosis; Sjogren's syndrome.
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- Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- National Academy of Health Sciences, Mahaboudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bakulahar Ratnanagar Hospital, Tandi, Chitwan, Nepal
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Renal tubular acidosis and associated factors in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: a registry-based study. Clin Rheumatol 2023; 42:431-441. [PMID: 36383239 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-022-06426-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical features and factors associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS)-associated renal tubular acidosis (RTA). METHOD This case-control study was based on a multicenter pSS registry established by the Chinese Rheumatism Data Center. Patients with pSS, including those with RTA and those without renal involvement, between May 2016 and March 2020 were included in the analysis. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were also collected. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors that were associated with pSS-RTA. RESULTS This study included 257 pSS patients with RTA and 4222 patients without renal involvement. Significantly younger age at disease onset (40.1 ± 14.1 vs. 46.2 ± 13.1 years, P < 0.001), longer diagnosis interval (15.0 interquartile range [IQR] [1.0, 48.0] vs. 6.0 IQR [0, 34.0] months, P < 0.001), higher EULAR Sjögren's syndrome disease activity index (9 IQR [5, 15] vs. 3 IQR [0, 8], P < 0.001), and a higher prevalence of decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (25.0% vs. 6.6%, P < 0.001) were observed in pSS patients with RTA than in those without renal involvement. Factors that were independently associated with pSS-RTA included age at disease onset ≤ 35 years (odds ratio [OR] 3.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.27-3.97), thyroid disorders (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.04-2.14), subjective dry mouth (OR 3.29, 95% CI 1.71-6.35), arthritis (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.10-2.25), anti-SSB antibody positivity (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.33-2.45), anemia (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.26-2.21), elevated alkaline phosphatase level (OR 2.14, 95% CI 1.26-3.65), decreased albumin level (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.00-2.60), and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.16-2.73). CONCLUSIONS Delayed diagnosis and decreased kidney function are common in pSS patients with RTA. pSS should be considered in patients with RTA, and early recognition and treatment may be useful in slowing the deterioration of renal function in patients with pSS-RTA. Key Points • pSS patients with RTA have earlier disease onset and higher disease activity than pSS patients without RTA, but the diagnosis was frequently delayed. • Decreased kidney function are common in pSS patients with RTA. • Sjögren's syndrome should be considered in young female patients with unexplained RTA, whereas RTA should be screened in pSS patients with early disease onset and elevated ALP level.
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Zhang L, Chen C, Weng MT, Zheng AP, Su ML, Wang QW, Cai YM. [Characteristics of serum autoantibodies in patients with lupus nephritis and tubulointerstitial damage]. BEIJING DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF PEKING UNIVERSITY. HEALTH SCIENCES 2022. [PMID: 36533338 PMCID: PMC9761831 DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167x.2022.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the tubulointerstitial damage (TID) in lupus nephritis (LN) and investigate the relationship between autoantibodies and TID in lupus nephritis. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in a comprehensive tertiary hospital in Peking University Shenzhen Hospital. From March 2012 to July 2021, LN patients who performed renal biopsy were enrolled in the study. Clinical, laboratory and pathology data were collected. We classified the patients into none-or-mild group and moderate-to-severe groups according to the severity of interstitial fibrosis (IF) /tubular atrophy (TA) or tubulointerstitial inflammation (TII). The t test, U test and Chi-square test were used for statistical analysis as appropriate. RESULTS A total of 226 patients were included, of who 190 (84%) were female with a median age of 32 (26, 39) years. 89% (201/226) of the patients who pathologically proved to be proliferative LN by renal biopsy. The frequency of moderate-to-severe TII and moderate-to-severe IF/TA was 30% (67/226) and 34% (76/226) respectively. For autoantibodies, the patients with moderate-to-severe TII had a lower rate of positive serum anti-ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) antibodies than the patients with none-or-mild TII (34% vs. 51%), and moderate-to-severe IF/TA had a lower rate of positive anti-ribosomal P protein (anti-P) antibodies than patients with none-or-mild IF/TA (19% vs. 33%). For other clinical indicators, the patients with moderate-to-severe TII and moderate-to-severe IF/TA were more often combined with proliferative LN, hypertension and anemia than the patients with none-or-mild TII and none-or-mild IF/TA, respectively. The patients with moderate-to-severe TII had higher serum creatinine values and lower glomerular filtration rates than the patients with none-or-mild TII. The patients with moderate-to-severe IF/TA had higher serum creatinine values, and lower glomerular filtration rates than the patients with none-or-mild IF/TA. CONCLUSION In patients with LN in Southern China, anti-RNP antibodies and anti-P antibodies may be potential protective factors for TII and IF/TA, respectively. More studies are needed to identify the risk factors of lupus patients with TID and investigate the correlation between autoantibodies and TID, which are critical for developing better preventive and therapeutic strategies to improve the survival rate of LN.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Medical Pathology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong, China
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Recommendations for evaluation and diagnosis of extra-glandular manifestations of primary sjogren syndrome: results of an epidemiologic systematic review/meta-analysis and a consensus guideline from the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (articular, pulmonary and renal). Adv Rheumatol 2022; 62:18. [PMID: 35650656 DOI: 10.1186/s42358-022-00248-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands and other organs, associated with sicca syndrome but also with systemic involvement with varying degrees of severity. Despite their importance, these systemic manifestations are not routinely evaluated and there is no homogenous approach to their diagnosis or evaluation. To close this gap, a panel of experts from the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the identification of epidemiologic and clinical features of these manifestations and made recommendations based on the findings. Agreement between the experts was achieved using the Delphi method. The first part of this guideline summarizes the most important topics, and 11 recommendations are provided for the articular, pulmonary, and renal care of SS patients.
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Li CY, Li YM, Tian M. Serum-negative Sjogren's syndrome with minimal lesion nephropathy as the initial presentation: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10:4625-4631. [PMID: 35663069 PMCID: PMC9125292 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease, and renal involvement has been considered to be one of the systemic complications of pSS. Patients who have sjogren's syndrome with renal disease as the first manifestation and no exocrine gland involvement or autoantibodies can be missed clinically.
CASE SUMMARY We here in report an unusual case of a primary Sjogren's syndrome in a 43-year-old female who had minimal lesion nephropathy as the initial presentation, and the patient was negative for serum anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies and did not have signs of exocrine gland involvement. The patient’s Sjogren's syndrome was confirmed by a minor salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) and a filter paper test. the patient’s oedema subsided, and the patient’s urinary protein resolved, showing that the treatment was effective.
CONCLUSION MSGB should be considered if pSS is suspected in patients who do not have the typical pSS symptoms or who are positive for the specific autoantibodies.
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- Chun-Yan Li
- Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
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