Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27849614›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

Epipolymorphisms associated with the clinical outcome of autoimmune arthritis affect CD4+ T cell activation pathways.

Roberto Spreafico, Maura Rossetti, John W Whitaker, Wei Wang, Daniel J Lovell, Salvatore Albani

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Differential transcriptional and epigenetic signatures in CD4Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2026
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  4. Methylation of T and B Lymphocytes in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2024
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  6. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Roberto SpreaficoSingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, SingHealth, Singapore 169856; roberto.spreafico@gmail.com.
Maura RossettiSingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, SingHealth, Singapore 169856.
John W WhitakerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
Wei WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
Daniel J LovellDivision of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
Salvatore AlbaniSingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, SingHealth, Singapore 169856.

Funding

Pediatric Rheumatology Tissue RepostoryP01AR048929 · NIAMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI THOMPSON, SUSAN D · 2003 to 2015
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NIAMS NIH HHS P01 AR048929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multifactorial diseases, including autoimmune juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), result from a complex interplay between genetics and environment. Epigenetic mechanisms are believed to integrate such gene-environment interactions, fine-tuning gene expression, and possibly contributing to immune system dysregulation. Although anti-TNF therapy has strongly increased JIA remission rates, it is not curative and up to 80% of patients flare upon treatment withdrawal. Thus, a crucial unmet medical and scientific need is to understand the immunological mechanisms associated with remission or flare to inform clinical decisions. Here, we explored the CD4

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AdolescentArthritis, JuvenileAutoimmune DiseasesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGene-Environment InteractionHumansLymphocyte ActivationMaleTranscriptomearthritisDNA methylation signatureepigeneticsT-cell activationtranscriptomics

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PMID27849614
PMCPMC5137722

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