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ArticleAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2024

Molecular characterisation of lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) and DORIS remission by whole-blood transcriptome-based pathways in a pan-European systemic lupus erythematosus cohort.

Ioannis Parodis, Julius Lindblom, Guillermo Barturen, Rafaela Ortega-Castro, Ricard Cervera, Jacques-Olivier Pers, Fernanda Genre, Falk Hiepe, Maria Gerosa, László Kovács and 9 more

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Article in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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19 authors.

Ioannis ParodisDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ioannis.parodis@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-5395
Julius LindblomDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-9471
Guillermo BarturenGENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer, University of Granada / Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain, Medical Genomics, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2103-1028
Rafaela Ortega-CastroServicio Andaluz de Salud, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain.
Ricard CerveraDepartment of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Jacques-Olivier PersCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Hopital de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-5541
Fernanda GenreResearch Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
Falk HiepeCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3584-5292
Maria GerosaUniversità degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-5847
László KovácsUniversity of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Ellen De LangheKatholieke Universiteit Leuven and Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Silvia PiantoniRheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-0197
Georg StummvollMedical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Carlos VasconcelosCentro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Barbara VigoneFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Torsten WitteHannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium
Marta E Alarcón-RiquelmeGENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research: Pfizer, University of Granada / Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain, Medical Genomics, Granada, Spain.
Lorenzo BerettaFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-6258

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo unveil biological milieus underlying low disease activity (LDA) and remission versus active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

methodsWe determined differentially expressed pathways (DEPs) in SLE patients from the PRECISESADS project (NTC02890121) stratified into patients fulfilling and not fulfilling the criteria of (1) Lupus LDA State (LLDAS), (2) Definitions of Remission in SLE remission, and (3) LLDAS exclusive of remission.

resultsWe analysed data from 321 patients; 40.8% were in LLDAS, and 17.4% in DORIS remission. After exclusion of patients in remission, 28.3% were in LLDAS. Overall, 604 pathways differed significantly in LLDAS versus non-LLDAS patients with an false-discovery rate-corrected p (q)<0.05 and a robust effect size (dr)≥0.36. Accordingly, 288 pathways differed significantly between DORIS remitters and non-remitters (q<0.05 and dr≥0.36). DEPs yielded distinct molecular clusters characterised by differential serological, musculoskeletal, and renal activity. Analysis of partially overlapping samples showed no DEPs between LLDAS and DORIS remission. Drug repurposing potentiality for treating SLE was unveiled, as were important pathways underlying active SLE whose modulation could aid attainment of LLDAS/remission, including toll-like receptor (TLR) cascades, Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) activity, the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4)-related inhibitory signalling, and the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway.

conclusionsWe demonstrated for the first time molecular signalling pathways distinguishing LLDAS/remission from active SLE. LLDAS/remission was associated with reversal of biological processes related to SLE pathogenesis and specific clinical manifestations. DEP clustering by remission better grouped patients compared with LLDAS, substantiating remission as the ultimate treatment goal in SLE; however, the lack of substantial pathway differentiation between the two states justifies LLDAS as an acceptable goal from a biological perspective.

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Lupus Erythematosus, SystemicRemission InductionTranscriptomeAdultCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityImmune System DiseasesLupus Erythematosus, SystemicOutcome Assessment, Health Care

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PMID38373843
PMCPMC11187369

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