Epigenetics in autoimmune disorders: Highlights of the 10th Sjogren's Syndrome Symposium

During the 10th International Symposium on Sjogren's Syndrome held in Brest. France, from October 1-3, 2009 (http //www sjogrensymposium-brest2009 org). the creation of an international epigenetic autoimmune group has been proposed to establish gold standards and to launch collaborative studies During this epigenetics session, leading experts in the field presented and discussed the most recent developments of this topic in Sjogren's Syndrome research The Brest epigenetic task force was born and has scheduled a meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia during the 7th Autoimmunity congress in May 2010 The following is a report of that session (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved