In order to explore the relevance of our observations using the NODmouse model, we carried out immunostaining studies for GILZ, Del-1, and IL-17 onlower-lip biopsy samples of female patients with a diagnosis of Sjögren’s disease;lower-lip biopsy sample of patients for whom a diagnosis of SS was not made servedas controls. The gene discussed is IL17A; the disease is synovial sarcoma.