2024
Genetic mapping across autoimmune diseases reveals shared associations and mechanisms
Lincoln M, Connally N, Axisa P, Gasperi C, Mitrovic M, van Heel D, Wijmenga C, Withoff S, Jonkers I, Padyukov L, Rich S, Graham R, Gaffney P, Langefeld C, Vyse T, Hafler D, Chun S, Sunyaev S, Cotsapas C. Genetic mapping across autoimmune diseases reveals shared associations and mechanisms. Nature Genetics 2024, 56: 838-845. PMID: 38741015, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01732-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic mapResolution of genetic mappingExpression quantitative trait lociFine-mapping resolutionQuantitative trait lociGenomic lociTrait lociPolygenic disorderAllelesRisk allelesLociPathogenic mechanismsImmune systemAutoimmune mechanismsAutoimmune diseasesInflammatory diseasesTraitsMechanismDiseaseSample collectionExpression
2001
Molecular Mimicry in Lyme Arthritis Demonstrated at the Single Cell Level: LFA-1αL Is a Partial Agonist for Outer Surface Protein A-Reactive T Cells
Trollmo C, Meyer A, Steere A, Hafler D, Huber B. Molecular Mimicry in Lyme Arthritis Demonstrated at the Single Cell Level: LFA-1αL Is a Partial Agonist for Outer Surface Protein A-Reactive T Cells. The Journal Of Immunology 2001, 166: 5286-5291. PMID: 11290815, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.8.5286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBorrelia burgdorferi GroupClone CellsHumansHybridomasLipoproteinsLyme DiseaseLyme Disease VaccinesLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1MiceMice, TransgenicMolecular MimicryPeptide FragmentsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsConceptsIL-13Antibiotic treatment-resistant Lyme arthritisPartial agonistTreatment-resistant Lyme arthritisChronic inflammatory joint diseaseT cell hybridsDR4 transgenic miceHuman T cell clonesClass II tetramersInflammatory joint diseaseSymptoms of arthritisT cell responsesT cell levelsEpisodes of arthritisT cell clonesSurface protein AAutoimmune mechanismsOuter surface protein ALyme arthritisJoint diseaseT cellsIFN-gammaImmunodominant epitopesCell levelTransgenic mice