2018
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals microglia-like cells in cerebrospinal fluid during virologically suppressed HIV
Farhadian SF, Mehta SS, Zografou C, Robertson K, Price RW, Pappalardo J, Chiarella J, Hafler DA, Spudich SS. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals microglia-like cells in cerebrospinal fluid during virologically suppressed HIV. JCI Insight 2018, 3: e121718. PMID: 30232286, PMCID: PMC6237230, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.121718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrospinal fluidHIV infectionImmune activationAntiretroviral therapyNeuronal injuryCentral nervous system immune activationLong-term suppressive antiretroviral therapySingle-cell RNA sequencingCNS immune activationDisease-associated microgliaSuppressive antiretroviral therapyImmune cell subsetsMicroglia-like cellsGene expression signaturesNeuronal damageNeuroinflammatory diseasesRNA sequencingCell subsetsCNS cellsNeurological conditionsRare subsetNeurocognitive impairmentMyeloid cellsCellular subsetsInfection
2014
Polarization of the Effects of Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Risk Alleles in Leukocytes
Raj T, Rothamel K, Mostafavi S, Ye C, Lee MN, Replogle JM, Feng T, Lee M, Asinovski N, Frohlich I, Imboywa S, Von Korff A, Okada Y, Patsopoulos NA, Davis S, McCabe C, Paik HI, Srivastava GP, Raychaudhuri S, Hafler DA, Koller D, Regev A, Hacohen N, Mathis D, Benoist C, Stranger BE, De Jager PL. Polarization of the Effects of Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Risk Alleles in Leukocytes. Science 2014, 344: 519-523. PMID: 24786080, PMCID: PMC4910825, DOI: 10.1126/science.1249547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAllelesAlzheimer DiseaseAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEthnicityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansImmunity, InnateMonocytesMultiple SclerosisNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociRheumatic FeverTranscriptomeConceptsSpecific immune cell typesHuman immune functionImmune cell typesMulti-ethnic cohortCell-autonomous effectsAutoimmune diseasesT cellsImmune functionParkinson's diseaseHealthy individualsInnate immunityRisk allelesDiseaseExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) studiesQuantitative trait loci studiesSusceptibility allelesPutative functional assignmentsCausal regulatory variantsDisease-associated lociDisease susceptibility variantsCell typesSusceptibility variantsTrans-eQTLsFunctional assignmentRegulatory variants
2006
Comprehensive Phenotyping in Multiple Sclerosis: Discovery Based Proteomics and the Current Understanding of Putative Biomarkers
O’Connor K, Roy SM, Becker CH, Hafler DA, Kantor AB. Comprehensive Phenotyping in Multiple Sclerosis: Discovery Based Proteomics and the Current Understanding of Putative Biomarkers. Disease Markers 2006, 22: 213-225. PMID: 17124343, PMCID: PMC3851054, DOI: 10.1155/2006/670439.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAutoantibodiesBiomarkersHumansInflammationMultiple SclerosisNeurodegenerative DiseasesPhenotypeProteomicsConceptsMultiple sclerosisMagnetic resonance imagingPutative biomarkersComprehensive phenotypingMonitoring of progressionComponent expression levelsClinical evaluationCSF proteinAccurate biomarkersCerebrospinal fluid chemistryControl groupTherapeutic interventionsPatient careAccurate diagnosisResonance imagingDisease pathologyFurther evaluationBiomarkersPreliminary dataExpression levelsSclerosisDiagnosisCSFSingle testNovel assessment