Circulating 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 populationAutoimmune comorbidities associated with sarcoidosis: a case-control study in the All of Us research program
Murphy M, Edemobi P, Leasure A, Gulati M, Miller E, Damsky W, Cohen J. Autoimmune comorbidities associated with sarcoidosis: a case-control study in the All of Us research program. Rheumatology Advances In Practice 2023, 7: rkad030. PMID: 38606002, PMCID: PMC11007907, DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkad030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase-control studyAutoimmune diseasesSarcoidosis patientsMultivariable analysisOdds ratioSarcoidosis casesUs Research ProgramDiverse cohortConcomitant autoimmune diseasesRace-matched controlsMultiple autoimmune diseasesAutoimmune comorbiditiesSarcoidosisPatientsLogistic regressionDiseaseSmall sample sizeCareful screeningCohortAssociationSample sizeComposite variablePrior studiesComorbiditiesStudy