Transcriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis
Vukmirovic M, Yan X, Gibson KF, Gulati M, Schupp JC, DeIuliis G, Adams TS, Hu B, Mihaljinec A, Woolard TN, Lynn H, Emeagwali N, Herzog EL, Chen ES, Morris A, Leader JK, Zhang Y, Garcia JGN, Maier LA, Collman RG, Drake WP, Becich MJ, Hochheiser H, Wisniewski SR, Benos PV, Moller DR, Prasse A, Koth LL, Kaminski N. Transcriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2021, 58: 2002950. PMID: 34083402, PMCID: PMC9759791, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02950-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBronchoalveolar LavageBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidHumansSarcoidosisSarcoidosis, PulmonaryTranscriptomeConceptsWeighted gene co-expression network analysisGene co-expression network analysisCo-expression network analysisGene expression programsGene expression patternsDistinct transcriptional programsImmune response pathwaysIon Torrent ProtonMicroarray expression datasetsExpression programsTranscriptional programsPhenotypic traitsGene modulesResponse pathwaysRNA sequencingMolecular endotypesExpression patternsGene expressionHilar lymphadenopathyOrgan involvementGenomic researchMechanistic targetExpression datasetsT helper type 1T cell immune responses