Astrid Rasmussen

Biography

M.D., Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, Mexico, 1993 Medical Genetics Residency, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 1998 M.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2002 Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006

Research Interest

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic, systemic disease with a clinical presentation of dry eyes and dry mouth associated with immune mediated dysfunction of the exocrine glands. Hallmarks of the autoimmune nature of SS are characteristic lymphocytic infiltrates of the salivary and lacrimal glands and the presence of circulating autoantibodies. Patients affected by SS have wide phenotypic heterogeneity, with some only displaying mild sicca symptoms and others developing debilitating extraglandular manifestations that may result in end organ failure or lymphoma