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ArticleScientific reports2021

CD4+ T cells from children with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis show altered chromatin features associated with transcriptional abnormalities.

Evan Tarbell, Kaiyu Jiang, Teresa R Hennon, Lucy Holmes, Sonja Williams, Yao Fu, Patrick M Gaffney, Tao Liu, James N Jarvis

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Evan Tarbell *Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Kaiyu Jiang *Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Teresa R HennonDepartment of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Lucy HolmesDepartment of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Sonja WilliamsDepartment of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Yao FuGenes and Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Patrick M GaffneyGenes and Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Tao LiuDepartment of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
James N JarvisDepartment of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA. jamesjar@buffalo.edu.
Jacobs (United States) · USOklahoma Medical Research Foundation · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

University of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute - Supplement SchulyerUL1TR001412 · NCATS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MURPHY, TIMOTHY F · 2015 to 2024
$33.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic diseases in children. While clinical outcomes for patients with juvenile JIA have improved, the underlying biology of the disease and mechanisms underlying therapeutic response/non-response are poorly understood. We have shown that active JIA is associated with distinct transcriptional abnormalities, and that the attainment of remission is associated with reorganization of transcriptional networks. In this study, we used a multi-omics approach to identify mechanisms driving the transcriptional abnormalities in peripheral blood CD4+ T cells of children with active JIA. We demonstrate that active JIA is associated with alterations in CD4+ T cell chromatin, as assessed by ATACseq studies. However, 3D chromatin architecture, assessed by HiChIP and simultaneous mapping of CTCF anchors of chromatin loops, reveals that normal 3D chromatin architecture is largely preserved. Overlapping CTCF binding, ATACseq, and RNAseq data with known JIA genetic risk loci demonstrated the presence of genetic influences on the observed transcriptional abnormalities and identified candidate target genes. These studies demonstrate the utility of multi-omics approaches for unraveling important questions regarding the pathobiology of autoimmune diseases.

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AdolescentArthritis, JuvenileCase-Control StudiesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsFemaleGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleChromatin

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PMID33597588
PMCPMC7889855
OpenAlexW3129823814

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