Sjögren's disease & overlap diseases

Molecular classification of primary Sjögren’s syndrome based on salivary gland omics

Arthritis Res TherPublished Mechanistic study

Study context

Population
Patients with pSS; minor salivary gland RNA-seq data
Comparison
Classical Immune Type vs Ion Channel Type vs Fibrotic Senescent Type vs Immune Desert Type
Outcome
Molecular subtypes of pSS
Methodological detailssingle-cell RNA sequencing and bulk RNA-seq integration, non-negative matrix factorization
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing and bulk RNA-seq integration
  • Non-negative matrix factorization

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Four distinct molecular subtypes identified: Classical Immune, Ion Channel, Fibrotic Senescent and Immune Desert Type
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Further findings

Clinical features and local immune microenvironment profiles per subtype

Preliminarily characterized for each subtype

Original publication

Molecular classification of primary Sjögren’s syndrome based on salivary gland omics. Arthritis Res Ther. Published 8 June 2026. doi:10.1186/s13075-026-03843-5

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