0 3 One one CD 4 8 gene gene NN 8 9 , , , 10 13 two two CD 14 25 transcripts transcript NNS 25 26 : : : 27 36 isolation isolation NN 37 39 of of IN 40 42 an an DT 43 54 alternative alternative JJ 55 65 transcript transcript NN 66 74 encoding encode VBG 75 78 for for IN 79 82 the the DT 83 94 autoantigen autoantigen NN 95 102 La/SS-B la/ss-b NN 103 107 from from IN 108 109 a a DT 110 114 cDNA cdna NN 115 122 library library NN 123 125 of of IN 126 127 a a DT 128 135 patient patient NN 136 140 with with IN 141 148 primary primary JJ 149 157 Sjogrens Sjogrens NNP 157 158 ’ ' POS 159 167 syndrome syndrome NN 167 168 . . . 170 171 A a DT 172 176 cDNA cdna NN 177 184 library library NN 185 188 was be VBD 189 197 prepared prepare VBN 198 202 from from IN 203 213 peripheral peripheral JJ 214 219 blood blood NN 220 231 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 232 234 of of IN 235 237 an an DT 238 248 autoimmune autoimmune JJ 249 256 patient patient NN 257 261 with with IN 262 269 primary primary JJ 270 278 Sjogrens Sjogrens NNP 278 279 ’ ' POS 280 288 syndrome syndrome NN 288 289 . . . 290 293 The the DT 294 298 cDNA cdna NN 299 306 library library NN 307 310 was be VBD 311 319 screened screen VBN 320 324 with with IN 325 328 the the DT 329 337 patients patient NNS 338 341 own own VBP 342 352 autoimmune autoimmune JJ 353 358 serum serum NN 359 364 being be VBG 365 377 monospecific monospecific JJ 378 381 for for IN 382 385 the the DT 386 393 nuclear nuclear JJ 394 405 autoantigen autoantigen NN 406 413 La/SS-B la/ss-b NN 413 414 . . . 415 422 Thereby thereby RB 423 425 an an DT 426 437 alternative alternative JJ 438 442 type type NN 443 445 of of IN 446 448 La La NNP 449 453 mRNA mRNA NNP 454 457 was be VBD 458 468 identified identify VBN 469 473 that that WDT 474 482 differed differ VBD 483 487 from from IN 488 491 the the DT 492 497 known know VBN 498 500 La La NNP 501 505 mRNA mRNA NNP 506 509 due due JJ 510 512 to to TO 513 515 an an DT 516 524 exchange exchange NN 525 527 of of IN 528 531 the the DT 532 536 exon exon NN 537 538 1 1 CD 538 539 . . . 540 550 Sequencing sequencing NN 551 553 of of IN 554 557 the the DT 558 565 genomic genomic JJ 566 572 region region NN 573 580 between between IN 581 584 the the DT 585 590 exons exon NNS 591 592 1 1 CD 593 596 and and CC 597 598 2 2 CD 599 605 showed show VBD 606 610 that that IN 611 614 the the DT 615 626 alternative alternative JJ 627 633 5’-end 5'-end NN 634 636 is be VBZ 637 638 a a DT 639 643 part part NN 644 646 of of IN 647 650 the the DT 651 657 intron intron NN 657 658 . . . 659 661 In in IN 662 670 addition addition NN 670 671 , , , 672 675 the the DT 676 684 presence presence NN 685 687 of of IN 688 690 an an DT 691 702 alternative alternative JJ 703 711 promoter promoter NN 712 716 site site NN 716 717 , , , 718 723 which which WDT 724 730 exists exist VBZ 731 737 within within IN 738 741 the the DT 742 748 intron intron NN 749 759 downstream downstream RB 760 762 of of IN 763 766 the the DT 767 771 exon exon NN 772 773 1 1 CD 773 774 , , , 775 781 became become VBD 782 789 evident evident JJ 789 790 . . . 791 793 In in IN 794 805 consequence consequence NN 805 806 , , , 807 810 the the DT 811 822 alternative alternative JJ 823 825 La La NNP 826 830 mRNA mRNA NNP 831 833 is be VBZ 834 837 the the DT 838 844 result result NN 845 847 of of IN 848 849 a a DT 850 858 promoter promoter NN 859 868 switching switching NN 869 877 combined combine VBN 878 882 with with IN 883 885 an an DT 886 897 alternative alternative JJ 898 906 splicing splicing NN 907 916 mechanism mechanism NN 916 917 . . . 918 920 In in IN 921 924 the the DT 925 931 intron intron NN 931 932 , , , 933 940 further further JJ 941 954 transcription transcription NN 955 961 factor factor NN 962 969 binding binding NN 970 975 sites site NNS 975 976 , , , 977 986 including include VBG 987 988 a a DT 989 997 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 998 999 B B NNP 1000 1007 element element NN 1007 1008 , , , 1009 1013 were be VBD 1014 1024 identified identify VBN 1025 1032 leading lead VBG 1033 1035 to to TO 1036 1039 the the DT 1040 1050 suggestion suggestion NN 1051 1055 that that IN 1056 1059 the the DT 1060 1070 expression expression NN 1071 1073 of of IN 1074 1077 the the DT 1078 1082 gene gene NN 1083 1091 encoding encode VBG 1092 1095 for for IN 1096 1099 the the DT 1100 1107 nuclear nuclear JJ 1108 1119 autoantigen autoantigen NN 1120 1127 La/SS-B la/ss-b NN 1128 1134 alters alter VBZ 1135 1137 in in IN 1138 1148 dependence dependence NN 1149 1151 on on IN 1152 1159 disease disease NN 1160 1170 conditions condition NNS 1170 1171 . . .