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This study was undertaken to measure the expression and function of the coinhibitory receptors (co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>s) programmed cell death 1 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101), T cell immunoglobulin and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ITIM<\/jats:styled-content> domain (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIGIT<\/jats:styled-content>), T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIM<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103), and lymphocyte activation gene 3 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LAG<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103) in lymphocyte subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content> expression levels on subsets of immune cells were analyzed using a 16\u2010color flow cytometry panel. The functional role of co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>s was determined by measuring cytokine production after in vitro stimulation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c and healthy control peripheral blood mononuclear cells (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBMC<\/jats:styled-content>s) in the presence of co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2013blocking antibodies. Supernatants from cultures of stimulated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBMC<\/jats:styled-content>s were added to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c fibroblasts, and their impact on fibroblast gene expression was measured. Mathematical modeling was used to reveal differences between co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content> functions in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c patients and healthy controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Levels of the co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>s <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIGIT<\/jats:styled-content> were increased, and each was coexpressed, in distinct T cell subsets from <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c patients compared to healthy controls. Levels of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIM<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103 were increased in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c natural killer cells. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIGIT<\/jats:styled-content>, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIM<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103 antibody blockade revealed patient\u2010specific roles of each of these co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>s in modulating activation\u2010induced T cell cytokine production. In contrast to healthy subjects, blockade of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIGIT<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIM<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103, but not <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PD<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101, failed to reverse inhibited cytokine production in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c patients, indicating that enhanced T cell exhaustion is present in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c. Finally, cytokines secreted in anti\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIM<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103\u2013treated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBMC<\/jats:styled-content> cultures distinctly changed the gene expression profile in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c fibroblasts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The altered expression and regulatory capacity of co\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IR<\/jats:styled-content>s in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>c lymphocytes may contribute to disease pathophysiology by modulating the cytokine\u2010mediated cross\u2010talk of immune cells and fibroblasts at sites of inflammation and\/or 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