BOSTON – Low expression of protein A20 in minor salivary gland tissue appears to be associated with lymphomas in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome.
In an interview after his late-breaker presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, Dr. Svein Joar A. Johnsen of Stavanger (Norway) University Hospital, discussed the implications of his findings and the search for biomarkers of lymphoma risk in these patients.