2022
Metagenomic sequencing of the bronchoalveolar lavage extracellular virome and cellular transcriptome of sarcoidosis patients does not detect rubella virus
Keeler E, Vukmirovic M, Yan X, Gulino K, Ghedin E, Kaminski N, Sullivan K, Bushman F, Collman R, Rosenbach M. Metagenomic sequencing of the bronchoalveolar lavage extracellular virome and cellular transcriptome of sarcoidosis patients does not detect rubella virus. Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis, And Diffuse Lung Diseases 2022, 39: e2022040. PMID: 36533601, PMCID: PMC9798337, DOI: 10.36141/svdld.v39i4.13407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSarcoidosis patientsRubella virusBronchoalveolar lavageMultisystem granulomatous inflammatory diseaseImmune-competent patientsRubella virus infectionGranulomatous inflammatory diseaseCutaneous sarcoidosisAntigenic triggerBAL cellsUnclear etiologyRubella virus genomeInflammatory diseasesCutaneous granulomasGranulomatous lesionsVirus infectionVirus gene expressionLung samplesAcellular fluidCompetent patientsPatientsSarcoidosisOverlapping featuresMetagenomic sequencingVirus
2020
Gene coexpression networks reveal novel molecular endotypes in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Chu JH, Zang W, Vukmirovic M, Yan X, Adams T, DeIuliis G, Hu B, Mihaljinec A, Schupp JC, Becich MJ, Hochheiser H, Gibson KF, Chen ES, Morris A, Leader JK, Wisniewski SR, Zhang Y, Sciurba FC, Collman RG, Sandhaus R, Herzog EL, Patterson KC, Sauler M, Strange C, Kaminski N. Gene coexpression networks reveal novel molecular endotypes in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Thorax 2020, 76: 134-143. PMID: 33303696, PMCID: PMC10794043, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-214301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeighted gene co-expression network analysisAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyGene modulesGene co-expression network analysisDifferential gene expression analysisCo-expression network analysisPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsGene expression patternsPBMC gene expression patternsGene coexpression networksAATD individualsGene expression profilesGene expression analysisBronchoalveolar lavageAugmentation therapyClinical variablesAntitrypsin deficiencyGene expression assaysRNA-seqCoexpression networkGene validationExpression analysisExpression assaysWGCNA modulesExpression patterns