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ArticleUnited European gastroenterology journal2024

Lymphocytic colitis can be transcriptionally divided into channelopathic and inflammatory lymphocytic colitis.

Archana Bhardwaj, Andreas Münch, Julia Montague, Stefan Koch, Philip Rosenstiel, Celia Escudero-Hernández

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Article in United European gastroenterology journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Archana BhardwajInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Christian-Albrechts-University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Andreas MünchDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4703-581X
Julia MontagueInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Christian-Albrechts-University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Stefan KochDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3579-4229
Philip RosenstielInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Christian-Albrechts-University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9692-8828
Celia Escudero-HernándezInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), Christian-Albrechts-University and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8906-3101
Linköping University · SEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DE

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Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftFerringKnut och Alice Wallenbergs StiftelseRegion Östergötland
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe pathobiology of the non-destructive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) lymphocytic colitis (LC) is poorly understood. We aimed to define an LC-specific mucosal transcriptome to gain insight into LC pathology, identify unique genomic signatures, and uncover potentially druggable disease pathways.

methodsWe performed bulk RNA-sequencing of LC and collagenous colitis (CC) colonic mucosa from patients with active disease, and healthy controls (n = 4-10 per cohort). Differential gene expression was analyzed by gene-set enrichment and deconvolution analyses to identify pathologically relevant pathways and cells, respectively, altered in LC. Key findings were validated using reverse transcription quantitative PCR and/or immunohistochemistry. Finally, we compared our data with a previous cohort of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients (n = 4 per group) to distinguish non-destructive from classic IBD.

resultsLC can be subdivided into channelopathic LC, which is governed by organic acid and ion transport dysregulation, and inflammatory LC, which is driven by microbial immune responses. Inflammatory LC displays an innate and adaptive immunity that is limited compared to CC and classic IBD. Conversely, we noted a distinct induction of regulatory non-coding RNA species in inflammatory LC samples. Moreover, compared with CC, water channel and cell adhesion molecule gene expression decreased in channelopathic LC, whereas it was accentuated in inflammatory LC and associated with reduced intestinal epithelial cell proliferation.

conclusionsWe conclude that LC can be subdivided into channelopathic LC and inflammatory LC that could be pathomechanistically distinct subtypes despite their shared clinical presentation. Inflammatory LC exhibits a dampened immune response compared to CC and classic IBDs. Our results point to regulatory micro-RNAs as a potential disease-specific feature that may be amenable to therapeutic intervention.

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Colitis, LymphocyticIntestinal MucosaAdultCase-Control StudiesColitis, CollagenousColitis, UlcerativeColonCrohn DiseaseFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMiddle AgedTranscriptomechannelopathic lymphocytic colitislymphocytic colitismicroscopic colitisRNA sequencing

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