SSB and peeling skin syndrome: As expected, we also found that the lnc-DC expression positively correlated with anti-SSA (R2 = 0.290, P < 0.001), anti-SSB (R2 = 0.172, P < 0.001), ESR level (R2 = 0.076, P = 0.002), and β2-microglobulin level (R2 = 0.070, P = 0.003) in pSS patients.