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Altered Expression of TSPAN32 during B Cell Activation and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Paolo Fagone, Katia Mangano, Roberto Di Marco, Zyanya Reyes-Castillo, José Francisco Muñoz-Valle, Ferdinando Nicoletti

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paolo FagoneDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6694-1992
Katia ManganoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5920-4620
Roberto Di MarcoDepartment of Medicine and Health Science "V. Tiberio", Università degli Studi del Molise, 8600 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5075-4597
Zyanya Reyes-CastilloInstituto de Investigaciones en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición (IICAN), Centro Universitario del Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco 49000, Mexico.
José Francisco Muñoz-ValleUniversity Center for Health Science, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco 49000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2272-9260
Ferdinando NicolettiDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4570-8462
University of Catania · ITUniversidad de Guadalajara · MXUniversity of Molise · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease with various clinical features. Autoreactive B cells play a role in disease pathogenesis, through the production of multiple autoantibodies, which form immune complexes and induce the inflammatory response and tissue damage associated with SLE. Recently, tetraspanins, and in particular, TSPAN32, have been recognized to play a central role in immunity, as they are involved in various biological processes, such as the antigen presentation and the activation of lymphocytes. Evidence suggests that tetraspanins could represent in the future a target for therapeutic purposes in patients suffering from autoimmune/immunoinflammatory disorders. In the present study, by performing in silico analyses of high-throughput data, we evaluated the expression levels of TSPAN32 in B cell activation and investigated its modulation in circulating B cells from SLE patients. Our data show that B cell activation is associated with a significant downregulation of TSPAN32. Additionally, significantly lower levels of TSPAN32 were observed in circulating plasmablasts from SLE patients as compared to healthy donor plasmablasts. In addition, type I interferons (IFNs)-related genes were enriched among the genes negatively correlated to TSPAN32, in SLE plasmablasts. Accordingly, IFN-α is able to induce a dose-dependent downregulation of TSPAN32 in B cells. Overall, the data here presented suggest the potential use of TSPAN32 as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for the evaluation and management of humoral immune responses in chronic diseases, such as SLE.

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B-LymphocytesCells, CulturedDown-RegulationHumansInterferonsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLymphocyte ActivationTetraspaninsInterferonsTetraspaninsTSPAN32 protein, humanB cellsplasmablastssystemic lupus erythematosustetraspaninsTSPAN32

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PMID34207245
PMCPMC8234828
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