2024
Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts
Sand J, Jessen H, Leeming D, Yu S, Lee C, Hu B, Sun Y, Adams T, Pivarnik T, Liu A, Woo S, McGovern J, Fiorini V, Saber T, Higuero-Sevilla J, Gulati M, Kaminski N, Damsky W, Shaw A, Mohanty S, Goobie G, Zhang Y, Herzog E, Ryu C. Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts. Thorax 2024, 79: thorax-2023-221095. PMID: 39117421, DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-221095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSarcoidosis cohortMultiorgan diseasePRO-C3Interleukin-4Case Control Etiologic Study of SarcoidosisPlasma levels of interleukin-4Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyLevels of interleukin-4Pathogenesis of sarcoidosisC6MC3MHealthy control patientsStudy of sarcoidosisGenomic researchAbnormal extracellular matrixAssociated with dermatological diseaseCollagen degradationScadding stageCorticosteroid useComplex diseasesPRO-C6Control patientsIL-13IL-5IL-9
2023
Examination of eQTL Polymorphisms Associated with Increased Risk of Progressive Complicated Sarcoidosis in European and African Descent Subjects.
Casanova N, Camp S, Gonzalez-Garay M, Batai K, Garman L, Montgomery C, Ellis N, Kittles R, Bime C, Hsu A, Holland S, Lussier Y, Karnes J, Sweiss N, Maier L, Koth L, Moller D, Kaminski N, Garcia J. Examination of eQTL Polymorphisms Associated with Increased Risk of Progressive Complicated Sarcoidosis in European and African Descent Subjects. European Journal Of Respiratory Medicine 2023, 5: 359-371. PMID: 38390497, PMCID: PMC10883688, DOI: 10.31488/ejrm.137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExpression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studiesEQTL SNPsGenome-wide association study cohortsInnate immunityQuantitative trait lociAllograft rejection pathwayGWAS SNPsIndependent sarcoidosis cohortTrait lociAssociation studiesGenetic basisComplicated sarcoidosisSNPsHLA regionAfrican AmericansSarcoidosis riskSeverity of sarcoidosisGranulomatous inflammatory diseaseMHC class IISystemic granulomatous inflammatory diseaseEuropean AmericansSarcoidosis cohortVariants/genesPoolCirculating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts
Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Yu S, McGovern J, Gandhi S, Woo S, Turcotte-Foster S, Pivarnik T, Khan Z, Adams T, Herzog E, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Ryu C. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 1174-1185. PMID: 37977267, PMCID: PMC11110677, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.11.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient-related outcome measuresToll-like receptor 9Fatigue Assessment ScalePlasma mtDNA concentrationsTLR9 activationSarcoidosis patientsMtDNA concentrationsMulti-organ sarcoidosisCommon chief complaintInnate immune activationNovel therapeutic strategiesDomains of fatigueSevere clinical phenotypePsychobiologic mechanismsSarcoidosis cohortScadding stageCorticosteroid useCytokine levelsExtrapulmonary diseaseProspective cohortFAS scoresPulmonary fibrosisChief complaintImmune activationPatient population
2021
Elevated IL-15 concentrations in the sarcoidosis lung are independent of granuloma burden and disease phenotypes
Minasyan M, Sharma L, Pivarnik T, Liu W, Adams T, Bermejo S, Peng X, Liu A, Ishikawa G, Perry C, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL, Dela Cruz CS, Ryu C. Elevated IL-15 concentrations in the sarcoidosis lung are independent of granuloma burden and disease phenotypes. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2021, 320: l1137-l1146. PMID: 33851886, PMCID: PMC8285626, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00575.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-15 concentrationsIL-15Bronchoalveolar lavageDisease pathogenesisSarcoidosis lungClinical manifestationsLineages of miceIL-15 receptor αHuman cohortsInflammation of sarcoidosisIL-15 levelsOngoing inflammatory processSystemic granulomatous diseaseNumber of granulomasDisease phenotypeSarcoidosis cohortTDM administrationGranuloma numberComorbid conditionsClinical progressionInterleukin-15Granulomatous diseaseInflammatory processGranuloma formationHealthy controls
2019
Plasma 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 insights