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ArticleNPJ systems biology and applications2023

Transcriptional profiling upon T cell stimulation reveals down-regulation of inflammatory pathways in T and B cells in SLE versus Sjögren's syndrome.

Gino Kwon, Annika Wiedemann, Lisa M Steinheuer, Ana-Luisa Stefanski, Franziska Szelinski, Tomas Racek, Andreas Philipp Frei, Klas Hatje, Tony Kam-Thong, David Schubert and 3 more

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Article in NPJ systems biology and applications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gino Kwon *Systems Biology of Inflammation, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz-Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Annika Wiedemann *Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Lisa M Steinheuer *Biomathematics Division, Institute of Experimental Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Ana-Luisa StefanskiRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Franziska SzelinskiRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Tomas RacekRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Andreas Philipp FreiRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Ophthalmology (I2O) Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Klas HatjeRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5425-8195
Tony Kam-ThongRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
David SchubertRoche Pharma Research and Early Development, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Ophthalmology (I2O) Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Thomas SchindlerProduct Development Immunology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Thomas DörnerRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. thomas.doerner@charite.de.
Kevin ThurleySystems Biology of Inflammation, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz-Institute, Berlin, Germany. kevin.thurley@uni-bonn.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7217-2755
Roche (Switzerland) · CHCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEUniversity Hospital Bonn · DEGerman Rheumatism Research Centre · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Do 491/11-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Do 491/7-5Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC2047Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC2151EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) HarmonicSSLeibniz-Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association) Best minds program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) share clinical as well as pathogenic similarities. Although previous studies suggest various abnormalities in different immune cell compartments, dedicated cell-type specific transcriptomic signatures are often masked by patient heterogeneity. Here, we performed transcriptional profiling of isolated CD4, CD8, CD16 and CD19 lymphocytes from pSS and SLE patients upon T cell stimulation, in addition to a steady-state condition directly after blood drawing, in total comprising 581 sequencing samples. T cell stimulation, which induced a pronounced inflammatory response in all four cell types, gave rise to substantial re-modulation of lymphocyte subsets in the two autoimmune diseases compared to healthy controls, far exceeding the transcriptomic differences detected at steady-state. In particular, we detected cell-type and disease-specific down-regulation of a range of pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine pathways. Such differences between SLE and pSS patients are instrumental for selective immune targeting by future therapies.

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Autoimmune DiseasesLupus Erythematosus, SystemicSjogren's SyndromeDown-RegulationHumansT-Lymphocytes

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PMID38102122
PMCPMC10724199
OpenAlexW4389784058

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