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
Assessment of viral RNA in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using RNA-seq
Yin Q, Strong MJ, Zhuang Y, Flemington EK, Kaminski N, de Andrade JA, Lasky JA. Assessment of viral RNA in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using RNA-seq. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2020, 20: 81. PMID: 32245461, PMCID: PMC7119082, DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-1114-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisViral RNA expressionViral infectionPulmonary fibrosisPathogenesis of IPFLung biopsy samplesRNA expressionHerpes virus infectionLow-level evidenceReal-time RT-PCRAcute exacerbationControl lungsLung tissueVirus infectionBiopsy samplesSelect virusesPossible associationInfectionRT-PCRStatistical differenceNext-generation sequencingViral RNAFibrosisVirusRNA-seq results