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Recent studies have mentioned HCV incidence in patients with 1SS ranging from 14-19% [ 11 12 16 18 21 ] . Phenotypic characterization of the minor salivary glands with immunohistochemistry in patients with hepatitis C virus infection and/or 1°SS has given conflicting results [ 14 15 ] Some reports mention that the salivary gland findings are strikingly similar in patients with liver disease associated with HCV infection than in those with 1°SS [ 12 ] , while others mention distinctive differences between both groups regarding focus score, expression of surface markers in lymphocytes infiltrating the salivary glands and in epithelial cells, as well as differences in the degree of inflammation [ 14 15 ] . Transgenic mice models that carry the HCV envelope genes develop an exocrinopathy affecting salivary and lachrymal glands [ 19 ] . Expression of autoimmunity markers also tends to differ between HCV-infection and 1°SS.
While 1°SS is typically considered an autoimmune exocrinopathy, the immune destruction can often extend to affect non-exocrine organs.