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A specific combination of β and γ subtypes may play such a role; however, one thorough study showed a lack of βγ on Golgi membranes of exocrine pancreatic cells even though a variety of Gα were readily detected in the Golgi [ 33 ] . Other proteins that may specifically promote the intracellular targeting of Gα have not been identified.
Other authors had proposed that SS associated with PBC should be considered a form of secondary SS that resembles more the "sicca complex" with exocrine features seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [ 40 41 ] .
It is important to note that HCV appears to account for a subgroup of patients with exocrine complaints in which half the cases might meet the definition for SS according to European and Manthorpe criteria.
The disease is commonly but variably expressed in the lungs, the exocrine pancreas, and the gastrointestinal mucosa [ 5 6 ] .
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a generalized exocrine disease resulting from the defective regulation of epithelial chloride ion transport within various organ systems, most importantly the lungs [ 1 2 3 4 ] . This dysfunction can arise from a variety of mutations within the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene on chromosome 7, which encodes the transmembrane pump responsible for regulating transepithelial ion levels [ 1 2 4 ] . This defect is associated with an increased viscosity of the airway surface fluid, and according to some studies, an altered salt concentration [ 5 6 ] . These and other pleiotropic effects of the CF gene abnormality increase the susceptibility of CF patients to bronchopulmonary bacterial infection by opportunistic pathogens.
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