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Emerging evidence indicates a fundamental role for the epigenome in immunity. Here, we mapped the epigenomic and transcriptional landscape of immunity to influenza vaccination in humans at the single-cell level. Vaccination against seasonal influenza induced persistently diminished H3K27ac in monocytes and myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs), which was associated with impaired cytokine responses to Toll-like receptor stimulation. Single-cell ATAC-seq analysis revealed an epigenomically distinct subcluster of monocytes with reduced chromatin accessibility at AP-1-targeted loci after vaccination. Similar effects were observed in response to vaccination with the AS03-adjuvanted H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine. However, this vaccine also stimulated persistently increased chromatin accessibility at interferon response factor (IRF) loci in monocytes and mDCs. This was associated with elevated expression of antiviral genes and heightened resistance to the unrelated Zika and Dengue viruses. These results demonstrate that vaccination stimulates persistent epigenomic remodeling of the innate immune system and reveal AS03's potential as an epigenetic adjuvant.
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Epigenômica , Imunidade/genética , Vacinas contra Influenza/genética , Vacinas contra Influenza/imunologia , Análise de Célula Única , Transcrição Gênica , Vacinação , Adolescente , Adulto , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antígenos CD34/metabolismo , Antivirais/farmacologia , Reprogramação Celular , Cromatina/metabolismo , Citocinas/biossíntese , Combinação de Medicamentos , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Histonas/metabolismo , Humanos , Imunidade Inata/genética , Virus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N1/efeitos dos fármacos , Virus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N1/imunologia , Interferon Tipo I/metabolismo , Masculino , Células Mieloides/metabolismo , Polissorbatos/farmacologia , Esqualeno/farmacologia , Receptores Toll-Like/metabolismo , Fator de Transcrição AP-1/metabolismo , Transcriptoma/genética , Adulto Jovem , alfa-Tocoferol/farmacologiaRESUMO
Chromatin undergoes extensive reprogramming during immune cell differentiation. Here we report the repression of controlled histone H3 amino terminus proteolytic cleavage (H3ΔN) during monocyte-to-macrophage development. This abundant histone mark in human peripheral blood monocytes is catalyzed by neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs) cathepsin G, neutrophil elastase and proteinase 3. NSPs are repressed as monocytes mature into macrophages. Integrative epigenomic analysis reveals widespread H3ΔN distribution across the genome in a monocytic cell line and primary monocytes, which becomes largely undetectable in fully differentiated macrophages. H3ΔN is enriched at permissive chromatin and actively transcribed genes. Simultaneous NSP depletion in monocytic cells results in H3ΔN loss and further increase in chromatin accessibility, which likely primes the chromatin for gene expression reprogramming. Importantly, H3ΔN is reduced in monocytes from patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, an autoinflammatory disease with prominent macrophage involvement. Overall, we uncover an epigenetic mechanism that primes the chromatin to facilitate macrophage development.
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Artrite Juvenil/imunologia , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Epigênese Genética/imunologia , Histonas/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Macrófagos/imunologia , Adolescente , Artrite Juvenil/sangue , Artrite Juvenil/genética , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas/genética , Catepsina G/genética , Catepsina G/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cromatina/metabolismo , Ensaios Enzimáticos , Epigenômica , Feminino , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Elastase de Leucócito/genética , Elastase de Leucócito/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/imunologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Masculino , Mieloblastina/genética , Mieloblastina/metabolismo , Cultura Primária de Células , Proteólise , RNA-Seq , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Células THP-1 , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Post-translational modifications of histone proteins and exchanges of histone variants of chromatin are central to the regulation of nearly all DNA-templated biological processes. However, the degree and variability of chromatin modifications in specific human immune cells remain largely unknown. Here, we employ a highly multiplexed mass cytometry analysis to profile the global levels of a broad array of chromatin modifications in primary human immune cells at the single-cell level. Our data reveal markedly different cell-type- and hematopoietic-lineage-specific chromatin modification patterns. Differential analysis between younger and older adults shows that aging is associated with increased heterogeneity between individuals and elevated cell-to-cell variability in chromatin modifications. Analysis of a twin cohort unveils heritability of chromatin modifications and demonstrates that aging-related chromatin alterations are predominantly driven by non-heritable influences. Together, we present a powerful platform for chromatin and immunology research. Our discoveries highlight the profound impacts of aging on chromatin modifications.
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Envelhecimento , Cromatina/química , Epigênese Genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Linhagem da Célula , Separação Celular , Doenças em Gêmeos , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Histonas/metabolismo , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário , Imunofenotipagem , Leucócitos Mononucleares/citologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Monócitos/citologia , Análise de Componente Principal , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Sistema de Registros , Adulto JovemRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary fibrosis is a characteristic of various interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) with differing etiologies. Clinical trials in progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) enroll patients based on previously described clinical criteria for past progression, which include a clinical practice guideline for PPF classification and inclusion criteria from the INBUILD trial. In this study, we compared the ability of past FVC (forced vital capacity) progression and baseline biomarker levels to predict future progression in a cohort of patients from the PFF Patient Registry. METHODS: Biomarkers previously associated with pathobiology and/or progression in pulmonary fibrosis were selected to reflect cellular senescence (telomere length), pulmonary epithelium (SP-D, RAGE), myeloid activation (CXCL13, YKL40, CCL18, OPN) and fibroblast activation (POSTN, COMP, PROC3). RESULTS: PFF or INBUILD-like clinical criteria was used to separate patients into past progressor and non-past progressor groups, and neither clinical criterion appeared to enrich for patients with greater future lung function decline. All baseline biomarkers measured were differentially expressed in patient groups compared to healthy controls. Baseline levels of SP-D and POSTN showed the highest correlations with FVC slope over one year, though correlations were low. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide further evidence that prior decline in lung function may not predict future disease progression for ILD patients, and elevate the need for molecular definitions of a progressive phenotype. Across ILD subtypes, certain shared pathobiologies may be present based on the molecular profile of certain biomarker groups observed. In particular, SP-D may be a common marker of pulmonary injury and future lung function decline across ILDs.
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Biomarcadores , Progressão da Doença , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais , Sistema de Registros , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Capacidade Vital , Idoso , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/fisiopatologia , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/diagnóstico , Fibrose Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Fibrose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Proteína D Associada a Surfactante Pulmonar/sangue , Pulmão/fisiopatologia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/sangue , Quimiocinas CC , Osteopontina , Receptor para Produtos Finais de Glicação Avançada/sangue , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/fisiopatologia , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/diagnósticoRESUMO
Background: Family caregivers of dementia patients experience high levels of interpersonal stress that often results in elevated anxiety, and depression, and negative impacts on interpersonal relationships. Changes in behaviors and the structure of relationships with the care recipient (CR) and others in the social milieu challenge the caregivers' ability to mentalize, or understand the links between mental states and behaviors. This study investigates the experiences and perceived benefits of family dementia caregivers who underwent Mentalizing Imagery Therapy (MIT), a treatment aiming to improve balanced self-other mentalizing and reduce psychological symptoms. Methods: Purposeful sampling was used to select 11 family dementia caregivers who underwent a 4-week pilot trial of MIT. Semi-structured interviews were completed post-intervention to identify subjective benefits, putative psychological mediators and perceived active components. Results: Caregivers reported improvements in well-being, mood, anxiety, and sleep, and a majority stated MIT helped with forming and maintaining healthier relationships. Some participants noted benefits extending to how they reacted to their social environment and perceived themselves more objectively from others' perspectives. Specific elements of MIT, including self-compassion, self-care, and the ability to reflect on emotionally arousing challenges, might have mediated these improvements. Conclusion: Family dementia caregivers perceived salutary benefits of MIT on multiple domains of well-being. The self reports suggest MIT holds promise for improving well-being, reducing non-mentalizing patterns of thought, and facilitating improvements in balanced mentalization within the caregivers' relationships.
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Through the Human Connectome Project (HCP) our understanding of the functional connectome of the healthy brain has been dramatically accelerated. Given the pressing public health need, we must increase our understanding of how connectome dysfunctions give rise to disordered mental states. Mental disorders arising from high levels of negative emotion or from the loss of positive emotional experience affect over 400 million people globally. Such states of disordered emotion cut across multiple diagnostic categories of mood and anxiety disorders and are compounded by accompanying disruptions in cognitive function. Not surprisingly, these forms of psychopathology are the leading cause of disability worldwide. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative spearheaded by NIMH offers a framework for characterizing the relations among connectome dysfunctions, anchored in neural circuits and phenotypic profiles of behavior and self-reported symptoms. Here, we report on our Connectomes Related to Human Disease protocol for integrating an RDoC framework with HCP protocols to characterize connectome dysfunctions in disordered emotional states, and present quality control data from a representative sample of participants. We focus on three RDoC domains and constructs most relevant to depression and anxiety: 1) loss and acute threat within the Negative Valence System (NVS) domain; 2) reward valuation and responsiveness within the Positive Valence System (PVS) domain; and 3) working memory and cognitive control within the Cognitive System (CS) domain. For 29 healthy controls, we present preliminary imaging data: functional magnetic resonance imaging collected in the resting state and in tasks matching our constructs of interest ("Emotion", "Gambling" and "Continuous Performance" tasks), as well as diffusion-weighted imaging. All functional scans demonstrated good signal-to-noise ratio. Established neural networks were robustly identified in the resting state condition by independent component analysis. Processing of negative emotional faces significantly activated the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal and occipital cortices, fusiform gyrus and amygdalae. Reward elicited a response in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal, parietal and occipital cortices, and in the striatum. Working memory was associated with activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal, parietal, motor, temporal and insular cortices, in the striatum and cerebellum. Diffusion tractography showed consistent profiles of fractional anisotropy along known white matter tracts. We also show that results are comparable to those in a matched sample from the HCP Healthy Young Adult data release. These preliminary data provide the foundation for acquisition of 250 subjects who are experiencing disordered emotional states. When complete, these data will be used to develop a neurobiological model that maps connectome dysfunctions to specific behaviors and symptoms.
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Ansiedade/fisiopatologia , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Conectoma/métodos , Depressão/fisiopatologia , Vias Neurais/fisiopatologia , Sintomas Afetivos/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by a dense fibrotic stroma (desmoplasia) generated by pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) derived from pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) and pancreatic fibroblasts (PFs). Using an unbiased GPCRomic array approach, we identified 82 G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) commonly expressed by CAFs derived from 5 primary PDAC tumors. Compared with PSCs and PFs, CAFs have increased expression of GPR68 (a proton-sensing GPCR), with the results confirmed by immunoblotting, The Cancer Genome Atlas data, and immunohistochemistry of PDAC tumors. Co-culture of PSCs with PDAC cells, or incubation with TNF-α, induced GPR68 expression. GPR68 activation (by decreasing the extracellular pH) enhanced IL-6 expression via a cAMP/PKA/cAMP response element binding protein signaling pathway. Knockdown of GPR68 by short interfering RNA diminished low pH-induced production of IL-6 and enhancement of PDAC cell proliferation by CAF conditioned media. CAFs from other gastrointestinal cancers also express GPR68. PDAC cells thus induce expression by CAFs of GPR68, which senses the acidic microenvironment, thereby increasing production of fibrotic markers and IL-6 and promoting PDAC cell proliferation. CAF-expressed GPR68 is a mediator of low-pH-promoted regulation of the tumor microenvironments, in particular to PDAC cell-CAF interaction and may be a novel therapeutic target for pancreatic and perhaps other types of cancers.-Wiley, S. Z., Sriram, K., Liang, W., Chang, S. E., French, R., McCann, T., Sicklick, J., Nishihara, H., Lowy, A. M., Insel, P. A. GPR68, a proton-sensing GPCR, mediates interaction of cancer-associated fibroblasts and cancer cells.
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Fibroblastos Associados a Câncer/patologia , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/patologia , Comunicação Celular , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Células Estreladas do Pâncreas/patologia , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Microambiente Tumoral , Fibroblastos Associados a Câncer/metabolismo , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultura , Meios de Cultivo Condicionados , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Células Estreladas do Pâncreas/metabolismo , Neoplasias PancreáticasRESUMO
Modifications of histone proteins are fundamental to the regulation of epigenetic phenotypes. Dysregulations of histone modifications have been linked to the pathogenesis of diverse human diseases. However, identifying differential histone modifications in patients with immune-mediated diseases has been challenging, in part due to the lack of a powerful analytic platform to study histone modifications in the complex human immune system. We recently developed a highly multiplexed platform, Epigenetic landscape profiling using cytometry by Time-Of-Flight (EpiTOF), to analyze the global levels of a broad array of histone modifications in single cells using mass cytometry. In this review, we summarize the development of EpiTOF and discuss its potential applications in biomedical research. We anticipate that this platform will provide new insights into the roles of epigenetic regulation in hematopoiesis, immune cell functions, and immune system aging, and reveal aberrant epigenetic patterns associated with immune-mediated diseases.
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Cromatina/metabolismo , Epigênese Genética , Código das Histonas , Histonas/metabolismo , Análise de Célula Única/métodos , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Processamento de Proteína Pós-TraducionalRESUMO
BACKGROUND: 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22qDel) is a copy number variant (CNV) associated with psychosis and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) are identified based on the presence of subthreshold psychosis symptoms. Whether common neural substrates underlie these distinct high-risk populations is unknown. We compared functional brain measures in 22qDel and CHR cohorts and mapped results to biological pathways. METHODS: We analyzed two large multi-site cohorts with resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI): 1) 22qDel (n=164, 47% female) and typically developing (TD) controls (n=134, 56% female); 2) CHR individuals (n=244, 41% female) and TD controls (n=151, 46% female) from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study-2. We computed global brain connectivity (GBC), local connectivity (LC), and brain signal variability (BSV) across cortical regions, testing case-control differences for 22qDel and CHR separately. Group difference maps were related to published brain maps using autocorrelation-preserving permutation. RESULTS: BSV, LC, and GBC are significantly disrupted in 22qDel compared with TD controls (False Discovery Rate q<0.05). Spatial maps of BSV and LC differences are highly correlated with each other, unlike GBC. In CHR, only LC is significantly altered versus controls, with a different spatial pattern compared to 22qDel. Group differences map onto biological gradients, with 22qDel effects strongest in regions with high predicted blood flow and metabolism. CONCLUSION: 22qDel and CHR exhibit divergent effects on fMRI temporal variability and multi-scale functional connectivity. In 22qDel, strong and convergent disruptions in BSV and LC not seen in CHR individuals suggest distinct functional brain alterations.
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Background: Intraindividual variability (IIV) during cognitive task performance is a key behavioral index of attention and a consistent marker of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In adults, lower IIV has been associated with anticorrelation between the default mode network (DMN) and dorsal attention network (DAN)-thought to underlie effective allocation of attention. However, whether these behavioral and neural markers of attention are 1) associated with each other and 2) can predict future attention-related deficits has not been examined in a developmental, population-based cohort. Methods: We examined relationships at the baseline visit between IIV on 3 cognitive tasks, DMN-DAN anticorrelation, and parent-reported attention problems using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (N = 11,878 participants, ages 9 to 10 years, female = 47.8%). We also investigated whether behavioral and neural markers of attention at baseline predicted attention problems 1, 2, and 3 years later. Results: At baseline, greater DMN-DAN anticorrelation was associated with lower IIV across all 3 cognitive tasks (B = 0.22 to 0.25). Older age at baseline was associated with stronger DMN-DAN anticorrelation and lower IIV (B = -0.005 to -0.0004). Weaker DMN-DAN anticorrelation and IIV were cross-sectionally associated with attention problems (B = 1.41 to 7.63). Longitudinally, lower IIV at baseline was associated with less severe attention problems 1 to 3 years later, after accounting for baseline attention problems (B = 0.288 to 0.77). Conclusions: The results suggest that IIV in early adolescence is associated with worsening attention problems in a representative cohort of U.S. youth. Attention deficits in early adolescence may be important for understanding and predicting future cognitive and clinical outcomes.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Current understanding of histone post-translational modifications [histone modifications] across immune cell types in patients with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] during remission and flare is limited. The present study aimed to quantify histone modifications at a single-cell resolution in IBD patients during remission and flare and how they differ compared to healthy controls. METHODS: We performed a case-control study of 94 subjects [83 IBD patients and 11 healthy controls]. IBD patients had either ulcerative colitis [nâ =â 38] or Crohn's disease [nâ =â 45] in clinical remission or flare. We used epigenetic profiling by time-of-flight [EpiTOF] to investigate changes in histone modifications within peripheral blood mononuclear cells from IBD patients. RESULTS: We discovered substantial heterogeneity in histone modifications across multiple immune cell types in IBD patients. They had a higher proportion of less differentiated CD34+ haematopoietic progenitors, and a subset of CD56bright natural killer [NK] cells and γδ T cells characterized by distinct histone modifications associated with gene transcription. The subset of CD56bright NK cells had increases in several histone acetylations. An epigenetically defined subset of NK cells was associated with higher levels of C-reactive protein in peripheral blood. CD34+ monocytes from IBD patients had significantly decreased cleaved H3T22, suggesting they were epigenetically primed for macrophage differentiation. CONCLUSION: We describe the first systems-level quantification of histone modifications across immune cells from IBD patients at a single-cell resolution, revealing the increased epigenetic heterogeneity that is not possible with traditional ChIP-seq profiling. Our data open new directions in investigating the association between histone modifications and IBD pathology using other epigenomic tools.
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Colite Ulcerativa , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais , Humanos , Histonas/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Processamento de Proteína Pós-TraducionalRESUMO
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects 1 in 537 Black women, which is >2-fold more than White women. Black patients develop the disease at a younger age, have more severe symptoms, and have a greater chance of early mortality. We used a multiomics approach to uncover ancestry-associated immune alterations in patients with SLE and healthy controls that may contribute biologically to disease disparities. Cell composition, signaling, epigenetics, and proteomics were evaluated by mass cytometry; droplet-based single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics; and bead-based multiplex soluble mediator levels in plasma. We observed altered whole blood frequencies and enhanced activity in CD8+ T cells, B cells, monocytes, and DCs in Black patients with more active disease. Epigenetic modifications in CD8+ T cells (H3K27ac) could distinguish disease activity level in Black patients and differentiate Black from White patient samples. TLR3/4/7/8/9-related gene expression was elevated in immune cells from Black patients with SLE, and TLR7/8/9 and IFN-α phospho-signaling and cytokine responses were heightened even in immune cells from healthy Black control patients compared with White individuals. TLR stimulation of healthy immune cells recapitulated the ancestry-associated SLE immunophenotypes. This multiomic resource defines ancestry-associated immune phenotypes that differ between Black and White patients with SLE, which may influence the course and severity of SLE and other diseases.
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Linfócitos B , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico , Feminino , Humanos , População Negra , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/genética , Fenótipo , População BrancaRESUMO
Detecting and quantifying the host transcriptional response to influenza virus infection can serve as a real-time diagnostic tool for clinical management. We have employed the multiplexing capabilities of GMR sensors to develop a novel assay based on the influenza metasignature (IMS), which can classify influenza infection based on transcript levels. We show that the assay can reliably detect ten IMS transcripts and distinguish subjects with naturally acquired influenza infection from those with other symptomatic viral infections (AUC 0.93, 95% CI: 0.82-1.00). Separately, we validated that the gene IFI27, not included in the IMS panel, has very high single-biomarker accuracy (AUC 0.95, 95% CI: 0.90-0.99) in stratifying patients with influenza. We demonstrate that a portable GMR biosensor can be used as a tool to diagnose influenza infection by measuring the host response, simultaneously highlighting the power of immune system metrics and advancing the field of gene expression-based diagnostics.
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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Influenza Humana , Orthomyxoviridae , Viroses , Bioensaio , HumanosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects approximately 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is a leading cause of death. We sought to identify serum cytokine signatures that risk stratify SSc patients for this potentially fatal complication. METHODS: Subjects at high risk for PAH and with incident PAH based on right heart catheterization (RHC) were enrolled in the multi-center prospective registry, Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma (PHAROS). Low-risk SSc patients were enrolled at Stanford and had normal pulmonary function test and echocardiogram parameters. Serum was available from 71 high-risk patients, 81 incident PAH patients, 10 low-risk patients, and 20 healthy controls (HC). Custom 14- and 65-plex arrays were used for cytokine analysis. Cytokine expression was compared between patient groups by principal component analysis and Tukey's test result. A multiple hypotheses corrected p value <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: Exploratory analysis using principal components showed unique clustering for each patient group. There was a significant difference in cytokine expression in at least one group comparison for every cytokine. Overall, there was very little difference in cytokine expression comparing high-risk and PAH patient groups; however, these groups had substantially different cytokine profiles compared to low-risk patients and HC. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that cytokine profiles can distinguish SSc patients who are at high-risk for or have PAH from SSc patients who may be at lower risk for PAH and HC. However, high-risk and PAH patients had very similar cytokine profiles, suggesting that these patients are on a disease continuum.
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Hipertensão Pulmonar , Hipertensão Arterial Pulmonar , Escleroderma Sistêmico , Citocinas , Hipertensão Pulmonar Primária Familiar/complicações , Humanos , Hipertensão Pulmonar/etiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Depression exerts a staggering toll that is worsened with co-occurring chronic conditions such as obesity. It is imperative to develop more effective interventions for depression and to identify objective and biological plausible neural mechanisms to understand intervention outcomes. The current study uses functional neuroimaging to determine whether a behavioural intervention changes the negative affect circuit and whether these changes relate to subsequent improvements in both symptom and problem-solving outcomes in depressed patients with co-occurring obesity. METHODS: This study ('ENGAGE') was a pre-planned element of the randomized controlled trial, 'RAINBOW' (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02246413). 108 depressed patients with obesity were randomized to receive an integrated collaborative care intervention (I-CARE) or usual care. Participants underwent functional neuroimaging using an established facial emotion task at baseline and two months (coinciding with the first two months of intervention focused on problem-solving therapy ('PST')). Amygdala, insula and anterior cingulate cortex activation was extracted using pre-planned definitions and standardized methods. The primary health and behavioural outcomes were depression symptom severity and problem-solving ability respectively, assessed at baseline, the main 6-month outcome point and at 12-month follow up. Mediation analyses used an intent-to-treat approach. FINDINGS: PST, relative to usual care, reduced amygdala activation engaged by threat stimuli at two months. This reduction mediated subsequent improvements in depression severity in an intervention-dependent manner. PST did not change insula activation at two months but did temper the strength of the relationship between insula activation and improvements in problem-solving ability. INTERPRETATION: The negative affect circuit may be an important neural target and potential mediator of PST in patients with comorbid obesity. FUNDING: US National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute R01 HL119453 and UH2/UH3 HL132368.
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Terapia Comportamental , Conectoma , Depressão/terapia , Resolução de Problemas , Adulto , Idoso , Tonsila do Cerebelo/diagnóstico por imagem , Tonsila do Cerebelo/fisiopatologia , Córtex Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagem , Córtex Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Depressão/diagnóstico por imagem , Depressão/fisiopatologia , Emoções , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/complicaçõesRESUMO
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe autoimmune disease mediated by pathogenic autoantibodies. While complement protein C4 is associated with SLE, its isoforms (C4A and C4B) are not equal in their impact. Despite being 99% homologous, genetic studies identified C4A as more protective than C4B. By generating gene-edited mouse strains expressing either human C4A or C4B and crossing these with the 564lgi lupus strain, we show that, overall, C4A-like 564Igi mice develop less humoral autoimmunity than C4B-like 564Igi mice. This includes a decrease in the number of GCs, autoreactive B cells, autoantibodies, and memory B cells. The higher efficiency of C4A in inducing self-antigen clearance is associated with the follicular exclusion of autoreactive B cells. These results explain how the C4A isoform is protective in lupus and suggest C4A as a possible replacement therapy in lupus.
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Linfócitos B/imunologia , Complemento C4a/metabolismo , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Apoptose , Autoanticorpos/metabolismo , Autoantígenos/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Complemento C4a/química , Complemento C4b/química , Complemento C4b/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Edição de Genes , Humanos , Tolerância Imunológica , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos TransgênicosRESUMO
Gene expression analysis at the point-of-care is important for rapid disease diagnosis, but traditional techniques are limited by multiplexing capabilities, bulky equipment, and cost. We present a gene expression analysis platform using a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) biosensor array, which allows multiplexed transcript detection and quantification through cost-effective magnetic detection. In this work, we have characterized the sensitivity, dynamic range, and quantification accuracy of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified complementary DNA (cDNA) on the GMR for the reference gene GAPDH. A synthetic GAPDH single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) standard was used to calibrate the detection, and ssDNA dilutions were qPCR-amplified to obtain a standard curve. We demonstrate that the GMR platform provides a dynamic range of 4 orders of magnitude and a limit of detection of 1â¯pM and 0.1â¯pM respectively for 15 and 18-cycle amplified synthetic GAPDH PCR products. The quantitative results of GMR analysis of cell-line RNA were confirmed by qPCR.
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Biomarcadores/química , Técnicas Biossensoriais , DNA Complementar/genética , Gliceraldeído-3-Fosfato Desidrogenase (Fosforiladora)/isolamento & purificação , DNA Complementar/química , DNA de Cadeia Simples/química , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Gliceraldeído-3-Fosfato Desidrogenase (Fosforiladora)/química , Humanos , Magnetismo , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao LeitoRESUMO
Background: Family dementia caregivers often suffer from an immense toll of grief while caring for their loved ones. We sought to identify the clinical relationship between grief, depression and mindfulness and identify neural predictors of symptomatology and improvement. Methods: Twenty three family dementia caregivers were assessed at baseline for grief, mindfulness and depression, of which 17 underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). During fMRI, caregivers were shown faces of either their dementia-stricken relative or that of a stranger, paired with grief-related or neutral words. In nine subjects, post fMRI scans were also obtained after 4 weeks of either guided imagery or relaxation. Robust regression was used to predict changes in symptoms with longitudinal brain activation (BA) changes as the dependent variable. Results: Grief and depression symptoms were correlated (r = 0.50, p = 0.01), and both were negatively correlated with mindfulness (r = -0.70, p = 0.0002; r = -0.52, p = 0.01). Relative to viewing strangers, caregivers showed pictures of their loved ones (picture factor) exhibited increased activation in the dorsal anterior cingulate gyrus and precuneus. Improvement in grief but not mindfulness or depression was predicted by increased relative BA in the precuneus and anterior cingulate (different subregions from baseline). Viewing grief-related vs. neutral words elicited activity in the medial prefrontal cortex and precuneus. Conclusions: Caregiver grief, depression and mindfulness are interrelated but have at least partially nonoverlapping neural mechanisms. Picture and word stimuli related to caregiver grief evoked brain activity in regions previously identified with bereavement grief. These activation foci might be useful as biomarkers of treatment response.