Bioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Ryu C, Walia A, Ortiz V, Perry C, Woo S, Reeves BC, Sun H, Winkler J, Kanyo JE, Wang W, Vukmirovic M, Ristic N, Stratton EA, Meena SR, Minasyan M, Kurbanov D, Liu X, Lam TT, Farina G, Gomez JL, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Bioactive Plasma Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With Disease Progression in Scleroderma‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2020, 72: 1905-1915. PMID: 32602227, PMCID: PMC8081728, DOI: 10.1002/art.41418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCGAS/STING activationExtracellular vesiclesMitochondrial DNAPattern recognition receptorsCyclic GMP-AMP synthase/stimulatorHuman lung fibroblastsSSc-ILD cohortsInterstitial lung diseaseMT-ATP6 geneΑ-SMA expressionI interferonSSc-ILDScleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseSynthetic CpG DNATLR-9Clinical outcomesLung diseaseSTING activationInterleukin-6Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based methodProteomic profilesMulticellular originSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseImmune pattern recognition receptorsExtracellular mtDNAPlasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis
Ryu C, Brandsdorfer C, Adams T, Hu B, Kelleher DW, Yaggi M, Manning EP, Walia A, Reeves B, Pan H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Dela Cruz CS, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 54: 1801762. PMID: 31273041, PMCID: PMC8088542, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01762-2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrapulmonary diseaseMitochondrial DNAExtracellular mtDNABAL fluidAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyPlasma mitochondrial DNAPlasma of patientsAfrican AmericansExtrapulmonary sarcoidosisSarcoidosis cohortSarcoidosis subjectsScadding stageAfrican American descentClinical featuresClinical findingsGranulomatous diseaseHealthy controlsAntitrypsin deficiencyGenomic researchHigher oddsSarcoidosisAggressive phenotypeMechanistic basisDiseaseTherapeutic insightsSingle-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive COVID-19
Unterman A, Sumida TS, Nouri N, Yan X, Zhao AY, Gasque V, Schupp JC, Asashima H, Liu Y, Cosme C, Deng W, Chen M, Raredon MSB, Hoehn KB, Wang G, Wang Z, DeIuliis G, Ravindra NG, Li N, Castaldi C, Wong P, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Sharma L, Casanovas-Massana A, Vogels CBF, Wyllie AL, Grubaugh ND, Melillo A, Meng H, Stein Y, Minasyan M, Mohanty S, Ruff WE, Cohen I, Raddassi K, Niklason L, Ko A, Montgomery R, Farhadian S, Iwasaki A, Shaw A, van Dijk D, Zhao H, Kleinstein S, Hafler D, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz C. Single-cell multi-omics reveals dyssynchrony of the innate and adaptive immune system in progressive COVID-19. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 440. PMID: 35064122, PMCID: PMC8782894, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27716-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunity, InnateMaleReceptors, Antigen, B-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRNA-SeqSARS-CoV-2Single-Cell AnalysisConceptsProgressive COVID-19B cell clonesSingle-cell analysisT cellsImmune responseMulti-omics single-cell analysisCOVID-19Cell clonesAdaptive immune interactionsSevere COVID-19Dynamic immune responsesGene expressionSARS-CoV-2 virusAdaptive immune systemSomatic hypermutation frequenciesCellular effectsProtein markersEffector CD8Immune signaturesProgressive diseaseHypermutation frequencyProgressive courseClassical monocytesClonesImmune interactionsCutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune Mediators
Schwarz B, Sharma L, Roberts L, Peng X, Bermejo S, Leighton I, Casanovas-Massana A, Minasyan M, Farhadian S, Ko AI, Team Y, Dela Cruz CS, Bosio CM. Cutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune Mediators. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: ji2001025. PMID: 33277388, PMCID: PMC7962598, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipid mediatorsRisk factorsSevere diseaseSevere SARS-CoV-2 infectionHospitalized COVID-19 patientsSARS-CoV-2 infectionImportant immune regulatory roleSevere COVID-19COVID-19 patientsImmune regulatory roleProinflammatory lipid mediatorsCOVID-19Immunomodulatory eicosanoidsImmune mediatorsSerum lipidomeAdvanced agePatientsCOVID-19 pandemicCytochrome P450MortalityDiseaseDysregulationMediatorsLMS productsLipidome