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ArticleAllergy2023

IL1RAP expression and the enrichment of IL-33 activation signatures in severe neutrophilic asthma.

Yusef Eamon Badi, Barbora Salcman, Adam Taylor, Batika Rana, Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, John H Riley, Sally Worsley, Sharon Mumby, Sven-Eric Dahlen, David Cousins and 5 more

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Article in Allergy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. New targets for type 2-low asthma.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Yusef Eamon BadiNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Barbora SalcmanSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Adam TaylorGSK Respiratory Therapeutic Area Unit, Stevenage, UK.
Batika RanaOrchard Therapeutics, London, UK.
Nazanin Zounemat KermaniData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
John H RileySchool of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Sally WorsleyGSK Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK House, Brentford, UK.
Sharon MumbyNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sven-Eric DahlenInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
David CousinsDepartment of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Silvia Bulfone-PausSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5764-8516
Karen AffleckGSK Adaptive Immunity Research Unit, Stevenage, UK.
Kian Fan ChungNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7101-1426
Stewart Bates *School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Ian M Adcock *National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2101-8843
University of Manchester · GBAge UK · GBImperial College London · GBNIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre · GBHealth Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) · GBKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Leicester · GBZero to Three · US

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council G1000758Medical Research Council MR/M016579/1Medical Research Council MR/T010371/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 208340/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInterleukin (IL)-33 is an upstream regulator of type 2 (T2) eosinophilic inflammation and has been proposed as a key driver of some asthma phenotypes.

objectiveTo derive gene signatures from in vitro studies of IL-33-stimulated cells and use these to determine IL-33-associated enrichment patterns in asthma.

methodsSignatures downstream of IL-33 stimulation were derived from our in vitro study of human mast cells and from public datasets of in vitro stimulated human basophils, type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), regulatory T cells (Treg) and endothelial cells. Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) was used to probe U-BIOPRED and ADEPT sputum transcriptomics to determine enrichment scores (ES) for each signature according to asthma severity, sputum granulocyte status and previously defined molecular phenotypes.

resultsIL-33-activated gene signatures were cell-specific with little gene overlap. Individual signatures, however, were associated with similar signalling pathways (TNF, NF-κB, IL-17 and JAK/STAT signalling) and immune cell differentiation pathways (Th17, Th1 and Th2 differentiation). ES for IL-33-activated gene signatures were significantly enriched in asthmatic sputum, particularly in patients with neutrophilic and mixed granulocytic phenotypes. IL-33 mRNA expression was not elevated in asthma whereas the expression of mRNA for IL1RL1, the IL-33 receptor, was up-regulated in the sputum of severe eosinophilic asthma. The mRNA expression for IL1RAP, the IL1RL1 co-receptor, was greatest in severe neutrophilic and mixed granulocytic asthma.

conclusionsIL-33-activated gene signatures are elevated in neutrophilic and mixed granulocytic asthma corresponding with IL1RAP co-receptor expression. This suggests incorporating T2-low asthma in anti-IL-33 trials.

Indexed as

AsthmaImmunity, InnateInterleukin-1 Receptor Accessory ProteinEndothelial CellsHumansInterleukin-33LymphocytesRNA, MessengerSputumTh2 CellsIL1RAP protein, humanIL33 protein, humanInterleukin-1 Receptor Accessory ProteinInterleukin-33RNA, Messengergene set variation analysisIL-33severe asthma

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PMID35986608
PMCPMC10086999
OpenAlexW4292544800

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