EGCG & Sjogren's syndrome

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This may be of interest to those with Sjogren's syndrome. Hsu does his research

at Medical College of Georgia within a few miles of me and he is regularly in

the news here, as he has spent vritually his entire professional career studying

green tea and its health benefits. He claims that many of the EGCG products in

the market are not worth the money because EGCG is difficult to maintain

chemically intact and to not break down during processing. He developed a gum

containing EGCG that supposedly has been tested favorably for EGCG. He did it

for the benefits that green tea is known to have for oral hygiene/cavity

prevention not for Sjogren's syndrome, though maybe it would have some

applicability for this.

" Dr. Hsu, molecular/cell biologist in the School of Dentistry, found

that in mice, EGCG reduced the severity and delayed onset of salivary gland

damage associated with Sjogren's syndrome, which has no known cure.

" EGCG modulates several important genes, so it suppresses the abnormality at the

molecular level in the salivary gland. It also significantly lowered the serum

autoantibodies, reducing the severity of Sjogren's syndrome-like symptoms, " Dr.

Hsu says. Autoantibodies are antibodies the body makes against itself. "

Jeff

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