2016
Integrated, multicohort analysis of systemic sclerosis identifies robust transcriptional signature of disease severity
Lofgren S, Hinchcliff M, Carns M, Wood T, Aren K, Arroyo E, Cheung P, Kuo A, Valenzuela A, Haemel A, Wolters PJ, Gordon J, Spiera R, Assassi S, Boin F, Chung L, Fiorentino D, Utz PJ, Whitfield ML, Khatri P. Integrated, multicohort analysis of systemic sclerosis identifies robust transcriptional signature of disease severity. JCI Insight 2016, 1: e89073. PMID: 28018971, PMCID: PMC5161207, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.89073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSSc patientsSystemic sclerosisDisease severityMulticohort analysisHealthy controlsHigh case fatality rateLarge longitudinal trialsSkin severity scoreUnmet critical needRare autoimmune diseaseMonths of treatmentRodnan skin scoreConnective tissue diseaseCase fatality rateSkin samplesPotential clinical utilitySkin biopsy samplesRobust molecular signatureSSc cohortSkin scoreTissue diseaseAutoimmune diseasesSeverity scorePatient responseDiscovery cohortTenascin-C drives persistence of organ fibrosis
Bhattacharyya S, Wang W, Morales-Nebreda L, Feng G, Wu M, Zhou X, Lafyatis R, Lee J, Hinchcliff M, Feghali-Bostwick C, Lakota K, Budinger GR, Raparia K, Tamaki Z, Varga J. Tenascin-C drives persistence of organ fibrosis. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11703. PMID: 27256716, PMCID: PMC4895803, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic sclerosisToll-like receptorsOrgan fibrosisFibrosis resolutionPathogenesis of SScTreatment of SScLevels of tenascinEndogenous danger signalsSSc skin biopsy samplesSkin biopsy samplesMechanism of actionLung fibrosisPathogenic roleTLR activatorsMouse modelBiopsy samplesFibroblast activationDanger signalsMyofibroblast transformationFibrosisSSc fibroblastsCollagen gene expressionSkin fibroblastsAmplification loopTenascin
2000
Identification of Human Lung and Skin Proteins Conjugated with Hexamethylene DiisocyanateIn Vitro and In Vivo
WISNEWSKI A, SRIVASTAVA R, HERICK C, XU L, LEMUS R, CAIN H, MAGOSKI N, KAROL M, BOTTOMLY K, REDLICH C. Identification of Human Lung and Skin Proteins Conjugated with Hexamethylene DiisocyanateIn Vitro and In Vivo. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2000, 162: 2330-2336. PMID: 11112159, DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.2002086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiisocyanate-induced asthmaBiopsy samplesHuman lungHuman airway epithelial cellsBronchoalveolar lavage fluidAirway epithelial cellsEndobronchial biopsy samplesHuman skin biopsy samplesSkin biopsy samplesKeratin 18Epicutaneous exposureLavage fluidSkin proteinsVivo inhalationVivo exposureEpithelial cell proteinsGlucose-regulated proteinEpithelial cellsAsthmaLungExposureVitroVivoKeratinCell proteins
1989
ENDOTHELIAL CELL ACTIVATION AND HIGH INTERLEUKIN-1 SECRETION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE KAWASAKI DISEASE
Leung D, Kurt-Jones E, Newburger J, Cotran R, Burns J, Pober J. ENDOTHELIAL CELL ACTIVATION AND HIGH INTERLEUKIN-1 SECRETION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE KAWASAKI DISEASE. The Lancet 1989, 334: 1298-1302. PMID: 2480498, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91910-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigens, SurfaceCell AdhesionCell Adhesion MoleculesChild, PreschoolE-SelectinEndothelium, VascularFemalegamma-GlobulinsHLA-DQ AntigensHumansImmunization, PassiveIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Interleukin-1MaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeReceptors, ImmunologicSkinConceptsEndothelial cell activationCoronary artery abnormalitiesCell activationInterleukin-1Gammaglobulin treatmentArtery abnormalitiesKawasaki diseaseAcute Kawasaki disease patientsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsEndothelial cellsCytotoxic antibody activityIntravenous gammaglobulin treatmentKawasaki disease patientsAcute Kawasaki diseaseEndothelial cell antigensBlood mononuclear cellsInterleukin-1 secretionTumor necrosis factorIL-1 secretionEndothelial cell expressionSkin biopsy samplesMeans of immunoperoxidaseMucocutaneous symptomsPersistent feverClinical symptoms
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