2018
Impaired type I interferon regulation in the blood transcriptome of recurrent asthma exacerbations
Gomez JL, Diaz MP, Nino G, Britto CJ. Impaired type I interferon regulation in the blood transcriptome of recurrent asthma exacerbations. BMC Medical Genomics 2018, 11: 21. PMID: 29486764, PMCID: PMC5830339, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0340-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAsthma exacerbationsInterferon-stimulated genesRespiratory infectionsIL-15Vivo cohortToll-like receptor 2STAT1 responseRecurrent asthma exacerbationsAcute asthma exacerbationPro-inflammatory moleculesType I interferon regulationBlood mononuclear cellsPro-inflammatory signatureTranscriptomic signaturesType I interferonFold changeAdult asthmaAcute phaseMononuclear cellsImmunologic genesExacerbationIndependent cohortReceptor 2I interferon
2017
Characterisation of asthma subgroups associated with circulating YKL-40 levels
Gomez JL, Yan X, Holm CT, Grant N, Liu Q, Cohn L, Nezgovorova V, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, Crisafi GM, Jarjour NN, Rogers L, Reibman J, Chupp GL. Characterisation of asthma subgroups associated with circulating YKL-40 levels. European Respiratory Journal 2017, 50: 1700800. PMID: 29025889, PMCID: PMC5967238, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00800-2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetAirway ObstructionAsthmaChitinase-3-Like Protein 1Cluster AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsRespiratory SystemSeverity of Illness IndexSputumStatistics as TopicSymptom Flare UpConceptsSerum YKL-40 levelsYKL-40 levelsHigher serum YKL-40 levelsAirflow obstructionAsthma phenotypesElevated serum YKL-40 levelsSevere Asthma Research ProgramClinical asthma phenotypesExacerbation-prone asthmaIrreversible airway obstructionSevere airflow obstructionFrequent exacerbationsSevere exacerbationsAirway inflammationAirway obstructionAsthma exacerbationsAirway diseaseAsthma patientsAsthma severitySerum levelsInflammatory pathwaysAsthma subgroupsAdult onsetIdentification of individualsUnsupervised cluster analysis