2021
Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma
Chen A, Diaz-Soto MP, Sanmamed MF, Adams T, Schupp JC, Gupta A, Britto C, Sauler M, Yan X, Liu Q, Nino G, Cruz CSD, Chupp GL, Gomez JL. Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma. Respiratory Research 2021, 22: 122. PMID: 33902571, PMCID: PMC8074196, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01709-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere asthmaEffector T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsT cellsHealthy controlsPoly IDendritic cellsMononuclear cellsUnstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cellsInterferon responseTLR3 agonist poly IImpaired interferon responseMain cell subsetsNatural killer cellsPro-inflammatory profilePro-inflammatory pathwaysC stimulationCyTOF profilingHigh CD8Cell typesEffector cellsKiller cellsCell subsetsMain cell typesMicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nouws J, Wan F, Finnemore E, Roque W, Kim SJ, Bazan IS, Li CX, Sköld C, Dai Q, Yan X, Chioccioli M, Neumeister V, Britto CJ, Sweasy J, Bindra RS, Wheelock ÅM, Gomez JL, Kaminski N, Lee PJ, Sauler M. MicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e134218. PMID: 33290275, PMCID: PMC7934877, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.134218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseStress responseHomology-directed DNA repairDNA damage responseProtein BRCA1Damage responseCellular stressDNA repairProtein BimCOPD lung tissueLung epithelial cellsCellular responsesExpression arraysEpithelial cell apoptosisDNA damageChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBRCA1 expressionCell apoptosisApoptosisEpithelial cellsCritical mechanismMicroRNAsRegulatorObstructive pulmonary diseaseIncreases Susceptibility
2018
The DNA repair transcriptome in severe COPD
Sauler M, Lamontagne M, Finnemore E, Herazo-Maya JD, Tedrow J, Zhang X, Morneau JE, Sciurba F, Timens W, Paré PD, Lee PJ, Kaminski N, Bossé Y, Gomez JL. The DNA repair transcriptome in severe COPD. European Respiratory Journal 2018, 52: 1701994. PMID: 30190272, PMCID: PMC6422831, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01994-2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damage toleranceDNA repairInadequate DNA repairSevere chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRepair pathwaysGene correlation network analysisIntegrative genomics approachNucleotide excision repair pathwayDNA repair pathwaysGene Set Enrichment AnalysisExcision repair pathwayGlobal transcriptomic profilesDNA repair genesDNA repair responseCorrelation network analysisCOPD severityGenomic approachesLung tissue transcriptomeTranscriptomic differencesTranscriptomic changesTranscriptomic patternsRNA sequencingTissue transcriptomesTranscriptomic profilesImpaired type I interferon regulation in the blood transcriptome of recurrent asthma exacerbations
Gomez JL, Diaz MP, Nino G, Britto CJ. Impaired type I interferon regulation in the blood transcriptome of recurrent asthma exacerbations. BMC Medical Genomics 2018, 11: 21. PMID: 29486764, PMCID: PMC5830339, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0340-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAsthma exacerbationsInterferon-stimulated genesRespiratory infectionsIL-15Vivo cohortToll-like receptor 2STAT1 responseRecurrent asthma exacerbationsAcute asthma exacerbationPro-inflammatory moleculesType I interferon regulationBlood mononuclear cellsPro-inflammatory signatureTranscriptomic signaturesType I interferonFold changeAdult asthmaAcute phaseMononuclear cellsImmunologic genesExacerbationIndependent cohortReceptor 2I interferon
2015
Noninvasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma
Yan X, Chu JH, Gomez J, Koenigs M, Holm C, He X, Perez MF, Zhao H, Mane S, Martinez FD, Ober C, Nicolae DL, Barnes KC, London SJ, Gilliland F, Weiss ST, Raby BA, Cohn L, Chupp GL. Noninvasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 191: 1116-1125. PMID: 25763605, PMCID: PMC4451618, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1440oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of intubationNitric oxide levelsOxide levelsClinical phenotypeMost subjectsHigher bronchodilator responseNormal lung functionBlood of patientsCohort of childrenLogistic regression analysisSputum gene expressionBlood of childrenAirway transcriptomeMilder asthmaPathophysiologic heterogeneityPrebronchodilator FEV1Steroid requirementsLung functionBronchodilator responseGene expressionPhenotype of diseaseAsthmaBlood samplesGene signatureIntubation