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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2024

Radiomultiomics: quantitative CT clusters of severe asthma associated with multiomics.

Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, Kian Fan Chung, Giuseppe Macis, Giuseppe Santini, Franz A A Clemeno, Ali Versi, Kai Sun, Mahmoud I Abdel-Aziz, Lars I Andersson, Charles Auffray and 38 more

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Nazanin Zounemat KermaniData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kian Fan ChungNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Giuseppe MacisRadiology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe SantiniPharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Franz A A ClemenoDepartment of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Ali VersiData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kai SunData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mahmoud I Abdel-AzizDepartment of Pulmonology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-7137
Lars I AnderssonDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-4052
Charles AuffrayEuropean Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, CNRS-ENS-UCBL-INSERM, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Yusef BadiData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Per BakkeDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Chris BrightlingInstitute for Lung Health, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Paul BrinkmanDepartment of Pulmonology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4546-8478
Massimo CarusoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4412-2080
Pascal ChanezAP-HM - Clinique des Bronches, Allergies et Sommeil, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4059-0917
Bertrand De MeulderEuropean Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, CNRS-ENS-UCBL-INSERM, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2108-7657
Ratko DjukanovicNIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit and Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Leonardo FabbriRespiratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8894-1689
Stephen J FowlerDivision of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-1663
Ildiko HorvathSemmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Peter HowarthNIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit and Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0619-7927
Anna J JamesDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan KolmertInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7116-6583
Monica KraftSamuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Chuan-Xing LiDepartment of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anke H Maitland-van der ZeeDepartment of Pulmonology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mario MalerbaDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Alberto PapiDivision of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
Klaus RabeLungenClinic Grosshansdorf and Department of Medicine, Christian Albrechts University, Airway Research Center North within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Kiel, Germany.
Marek SanakDivision of Clinical Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Dominick E ShawRespiratory Research Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-8469
Dave SinghCentre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Manchester University NHS Foundation Hospital Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Maria Sparreman MikusDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-6124
Maarten van Den BergeDepartment of Pulmonology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Asa M WheelockDepartment of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Craig E WheelockInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8113-0653
Valentyna YasinskaDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-1265
Yi-Ke GuoData Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Scott WagersBiosci Consulting, Maasmechelen, Belgium.
Peter J BarnesNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Andrew BushNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-9822
Peter J SterkDepartment of Pulmonology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sven-Erik DahlenDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ian M AdcockNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2101-8843
Salman SiddiquiNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Paolo MontuschiNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK paolo.montuschi@unicatt.it p.montuschi@imperial.ac.uk.
U-BIOPRED and ATLANTIS Study Groups

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLung quantitative computed tomography (qCT) severe asthma clusters have been reported, but their replication and underlying disease mechanisms are unknown. We identified and replicated qCT clusters of severe asthma in two independent asthma cohorts and determined their association with molecular pathways, using radiomultiomics, integrating qCT, multiomics and machine learning/artificial intelligence.

methodsWe used consensus clustering on qCT measurements of airway and lung CT scans, performed in 105 severe asthmatic adults from the U-BIOPRED cohort. The same qCT measurements were used to replicate qCT clusters in a subsample of the ATLANTIS asthma cohort (n=97). We performed integrated enrichment analysis using blood, sputum, bronchial biopsies, bronchial brushings and nasal brushings transcriptomics and blood and sputum proteomics to characterise radiomultiomic-associated clusters (RACs).

resultsqCT clusters and clinical features in U-BIOPRED were replicated in the matched ATLANTIS cohort. In the U-BIOPRED cohort, RAC1 (n=30) was predominantly female with elevated body mass index, mild airflow limitation, decreased CT lung volume and increased lung density and upregulation of the complement pathway. RAC2 (n=34) subjects had airway wall thickness and a mild degree of airflow limitation, with upregulation of proliferative pathways including neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 2/tyrosine kinase receptor B, and downregulation of semaphorin pathways. RAC3 (n=41) showed increased lung attenuation area and air trapping, severe airflow limitation, hyperinflation, and upregulation of cytokine signalling and signalling by interleukin pathways, and matrix metallopeptidase 1, 2 and 9.

conclusionsU-BIOPRED severe asthma qCT clusters were replicated in a matched independent asthmatic cohort and associated with specific molecular pathways. Radiomultiomics might represent a novel strategy to identify new molecular pathways in asthma pathobiology.

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AsthmaLungTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdultAgedCluster AnalysisCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMachine LearningMaleMiddle AgedMultiomicsProteomicsrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinSeverity of Illness Indexrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinRAC1 protein, human

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