Matriptase Deletion Initiates a Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Disease in Mice

Hongen Yin; Peter Kosa; Xibao Liu; William D. Swaim; Zhennan Lai; Javier Cabrera-Perez; Giovanni Di Pasquale; Indu S. Ambudkar; Thomas H. Bugge; John A. Chiorini

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082852

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Matriptase Deletion Initiates a Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Disease in Mice

Hongen Yin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongen Yin, Peter Kosa

* E-mail: jchiorini@dir.nidcr.nih.gov (JAC); yinho@mail.nih.gov (HY)

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Peter Kosa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongen Yin, Peter Kosa

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Xibao Liu,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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William D. Swaim,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Zhennan Lai,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Javier Cabrera-Perez,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Giovanni Di Pasquale,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Indu S. Ambudkar,

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Thomas H. Bugge,

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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John A. Chiorini

* E-mail: jchiorini@dir.nidcr.nih.gov (JAC); yinho@mail.nih.gov (HY)

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Matriptase Deletion Initiates a Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Disease in Mice

Hongen Yin,
Peter Kosa,
Xibao Liu,
William D. Swaim,
Zhennan Lai,
Javier Cabrera-Perez,
Giovanni Di Pasquale,
Indu S. Ambudkar,
Thomas H. Bugge,
John A. Chiorini

Published: February 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082852

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