Global skin gene expression analysis of early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis shows a prominent innate and adaptive inflammatory profile
Skaug B, Khanna D, Swindell WR, Hinchcliff ME, Frech TM, Steen VD, Hant FN, Gordon JK, Shah AA, Zhu L, Zheng WJ, Browning JL, Barron AMS, Wu M, Visvanathan S, Baum P, Franks JM, Whitfield ML, Shanmugam VK, Domsic RT, Castelino FV, Bernstein EJ, Wareing N, Lyons MA, Ying J, Charles J, Mayes MD, Assassi S. Global skin gene expression analysis of early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis shows a prominent innate and adaptive inflammatory profile. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2019, 79: annrheumdis-2019-215894. PMID: 31767698, PMCID: PMC7386329, DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune cell signaturesEarly diffuse systemic sclerosisDiffuse systemic sclerosisLonger disease durationSystemic sclerosisDisease durationCell signatureSSc patientsT cellsEarly diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisScleroderma Outcome Study cohortDiffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisShorter disease durationCutaneous systemic sclerosisRodnan skin scoreCD8 T cellsB cell signaturesCD4 T cellsSystemic sclerosis cohortImmune cell markersClinical trial designDiffuse SSc patientsBiopsy RNAProspective registryClinical courseSingle-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Lung Provides Insights into the Pathobiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Reyfman PA, Walter JM, Joshi N, Anekalla KR, McQuattie-Pimentel AC, Chiu S, Fernandez R, Akbarpour M, Chen CI, Ren Z, Verma R, Abdala-Valencia H, Nam K, Chi M, Han S, Gonzalez-Gonzalez FJ, Soberanes S, Watanabe S, Williams KJN, Flozak AS, Nicholson TT, Morgan VK, Winter DR, Hinchcliff M, Hrusch CL, Guzy RD, Bonham CA, Sperling AI, Bag R, Hamanaka RB, Mutlu GM, Yeldandi AV, Marshall SA, Shilatifard A, Amaral LAN, Perlman H, Sznajder JI, Argento AC, Gillespie CT, Dematte J, Jain M, Singer BD, Ridge KM, Lam AP, Bharat A, Bhorade SM, Gottardi CJ, Budinger GRS, Misharin AV. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Lung Provides Insights into the Pathobiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 199: 1517-1536. PMID: 30554520, PMCID: PMC6580683, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2410oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMaleSequence Analysis, RNAStem CellsTranscriptomeConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingRNA sequencingPulmonary fibrosisAlveolar macrophagesLung tissueSingle-cell transcriptomic analysisEpithelial cellsCell populationsNext-generation sequencing technologiesSingle-cell atlasHuman lungDiverse cell populationsExpression of genesRare cell populationsPulmonary fibrosis pathogenesisIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAirway stem cellsIndividual cell populationsTranscriptomic analysisSequencing technologiesWnt secretionRNA hybridizationSenescent cellsTransplant donorsDiscovery-based approach