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
2015
Noninvasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma
Yan X, Chu JH, Gomez J, Koenigs M, Holm C, He X, Perez MF, Zhao H, Mane S, Martinez FD, Ober C, Nicolae DL, Barnes KC, London SJ, Gilliland F, Weiss ST, Raby BA, Cohn L, Chupp GL. Noninvasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 191: 1116-1125. PMID: 25763605, PMCID: PMC4451618, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1440oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of intubationNitric oxide levelsOxide levelsClinical phenotypeMost subjectsHigher bronchodilator responseNormal lung functionBlood of patientsCohort of childrenLogistic regression analysisSputum gene expressionBlood of childrenAirway transcriptomeMilder asthmaPathophysiologic heterogeneityPrebronchodilator FEV1Steroid requirementsLung functionBronchodilator responseGene expressionPhenotype of diseaseAsthmaBlood samplesGene signatureIntubation