2024
A unified metric of human immune health
Sparks R, Rachmaninoff N, Lau W, Hirsch D, Bansal N, Martins A, Chen J, Liu C, Cheung F, Failla L, Biancotto A, Fantoni G, Sellers B, Chawla D, Howe K, Mostaghimi D, Farmer R, Kotliarov Y, Calvo K, Palmer C, Daub J, Foruraghi L, Kreuzburg S, Treat J, Urban A, Jones A, Romeo T, Deuitch N, Moura N, Weinstein B, Moir S, Ferrucci L, Barron K, Aksentijevich I, Kleinstein S, Townsley D, Young N, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio P, Uzel G, Pinto-Patarroyo G, Cudrici C, Hoffmann P, Stone D, Ombrello A, Freeman A, Zerbe C, Kastner D, Holland S, Tsang J. A unified metric of human immune health. Nature Medicine 2024, 30: 2461-2472. PMID: 38961223, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03092-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinically healthy individualsHealthy individualsImmune cell frequenciesImmune healthInflammatory biomarkers C-reactive proteinC-reactive proteinBiomarkers C-reactive proteinResponse to immunizationAntibody response to immunizationInflammatory disease statesImmune pathologyDisease activityTreatment responseAntigenic stimulationImmune consequencesClinical dataImmunological pathwaysHealthy controlsCell frequencyInterleukin-6Nonimmunologic diseasesImmune diseasesMonogenic diseasesMonogenic conditionsMedication use
2023
The Plasma Cell Infiltrate Populating the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis Features Distinct B Cell Receptor Repertoire Properties
Jiang R, Roy B, Wu Q, Mohanty S, Nowak R, Shaw A, Kleinstein S, O’Connor K. The Plasma Cell Infiltrate Populating the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis Features Distinct B Cell Receptor Repertoire Properties. ImmunoHorizons 2023, 7: 310-322. PMID: 37171806, PMCID: PMC10579972, DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInclusion body myositisMemory B cellsCell infiltrateBody myositisB cellsIBM muscle biopsiesB-cell infiltratesPlasma cell infiltrateClass-switched IgGMuscle tissueAdaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencingHumoral responseHealthy controlsIgA isotypePlasma cellsCell repertoireMuscle biopsyInfiltratesDegenerative disordersDisease pathologyRepertoire sequencingSkeletal muscleDermatomyositisPolymyositisMyositis
2019
Phenotypic and Ig Repertoire Analyses Indicate a Common Origin of IgD−CD27− Double Negative B Cells in Healthy Individuals and Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Fraussen J, Marquez S, Takata K, Beckers L, Montes Diaz G, Zografou C, Van Wijmeersch B, Villar LM, O'Connor KC, Kleinstein SH, Somers V. Phenotypic and Ig Repertoire Analyses Indicate a Common Origin of IgD−CD27− Double Negative B Cells in Healthy Individuals and Multiple Sclerosis Patients. The Journal Of Immunology 2019, 203: 1650-1664. PMID: 31391234, PMCID: PMC6736705, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDN B cellsDouble-negative B cellsMultiple sclerosis patientsMS patientsNegative B cellsHealthy controlsClass-switched memoryB cellsAdaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencingSclerosis patientsRepertoire sequencingFrequency of CD95Naive B cellsUnique differentiation pathwayLow CD5Proinflammatory characteristicsImmune agingCD38 expressionHealthy individualsPatientsFlow cytometryLow mutation loadCD27Repertoire analysisMaturation state
2012
The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response
Bolen CR, Robek MD, Brodsky L, Schulz V, Lim JK, Taylor MW, Kleinstein SH. The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response. Journal Of Interferon & Cytokine Research 2012, 33: 15-23. PMID: 23067362, PMCID: PMC3539252, DOI: 10.1089/jir.2012.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHCV patientsHealthy volunteersChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionChronic hepatitis C virusInfected individualsTreatment-naïve HCV patientsHepatitis C virus infectionBlood transcriptional profilesBlood transcriptional signaturesC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionOngoing immune responseBlood mononuclear cellsHepatitis C virusBlood transcriptional profilingDrug treatment responseHCV infectionSubset of IFNMononuclear cellsC virusIFN signatureHealthy controlsTreatment responseVirus infection