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Tissue distribution of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ILC<\/jats:styled-content>2s was studied by confocal microscopy. 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A significant increase in the frequency of inflammatory <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ILC<\/jats:styled-content>2s was observed both in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SG<\/jats:styled-content> mononuclear cells and in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBMC<\/jats:styled-content>s. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201025 stimulation of isolated <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SG<\/jats:styled-content> mononuclear cells and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBMC<\/jats:styled-content>s from patients and controls resulted both in inflammatory <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ILC<\/jats:styled-content>2 expansion and in increased autoantibody production. Rituximab modulated expression of inflammatory <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ILC<\/jats:styled-content>2s and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201025 in primary <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content>. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SG<\/jats:styled-content> protein\u2013immunized mice developed overt <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SS<\/jats:styled-content> symptoms with increased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201025 expression and increased frequency of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201017<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RB<\/jats:styled-content>+<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TRAF<\/jats:styled-content>6+ cells. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u201025 neutralization attenuated disease 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