1. A serum B-lymphocyte activation signature is a key distinguishing feature of the immune response in sarcoidosis compared to tuberculosis.
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Putera I, Schrijver B, Kolijn PM, van Stigt AC, Ten Berge JCEM, IJspeert H, Nagtzaam NMA, Swagemakers SMA, van Laar JAM, Agrawal R, Rombach SM, van Hagen PM, La Distia Nora R, and Dik WA
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- Humans, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Adult, Netherlands epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary immunology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary blood, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis, Uveitis immunology, Uveitis blood, Uveitis diagnosis, B-Cell Activating Factor blood, Indonesia, Biomarkers blood, Tuberculosis immunology, Tuberculosis blood, Tuberculosis diagnosis, Sarcoidosis immunology, Sarcoidosis blood, Sarcoidosis diagnosis, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Lymphocyte Activation
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Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis (TB) are two granulomatous diseases that often share overlapping clinical features, including uveitis. We measured 368 inflammation-related proteins in serum in both diseases, with and without uveitis from two distinct geographically separated cohorts: sarcoidosis from the Netherlands and TB from Indonesia. A total of 192 and 102 differentially expressed proteins were found in sarcoidosis and active pulmonary TB compared to their geographical healthy controls, respectively. While substantial overlap exists in the immune-related pathways involved in both diseases, activation of B cell activating factor (BAFF) signaling and proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) mediated signaling pathways was specifically associated with sarcoidosis. We identified a B-lymphocyte activation signature consisting of BAFF, TNFRSF13B/TACI, TRAF2, IKBKG, MAPK9, NFATC1, and DAPP1 that was associated with sarcoidosis, regardless of the presence of uveitis. In summary, a difference in B-lymphocyte activation is a key discriminative immunological feature between sarcoidosis/ocular sarcoidosis (OS) and TB/ocular TB (OTB)., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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