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2. Influence of the IL17A locus in giant cell arteritis susceptibility
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Márquez, A, Hernández-Rodríguez, J, Cid, M C, Solans, R, Castañeda, S, Fernández-Contreras, M E, Ramentol, M, Morado, I C, Narváez, J, Gómez-Vaquero, C, Martínez-Taboada, V M, Ortego-Centeno, N, Sopeña, B, Monfort, J, García-Villanueva, M J, Caminal-Montero, L, de Miguel, E, Blanco, R, Palm, O, Molberg, O, Latus, J, Braun, N, Moosig, F, Witte, T, Beretta, L, Santaniello, A, Pazzola, G, Boiardi, L, Salvarani, C, González-Gay, M A, and Martín, J
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- 2014
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3. Identification of the PTPN22 functional variant R620W as susceptibility genetic factor for giant cell arteritis
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Serrano, A, Márquez, A, Mackie, S L, Carmona, F D, Solans, R, Miranda-Filloy, J A, Hernández-Rodríguez, J, Cid, M C, Castañeda, S, Morado, IC, Narváez, J, Blanco, R, Sopeña, B, García-Villanueva, M J, Monfort, J, Ortego-Centeno, N, Unzurrunzaga, A, Marí-Alfonso, B, Sánchez-Martín, J, de Miguel, E, Magro, C, Raya, E, Braun, N, Latus, J, Molberg, O, Lie, B A, Moosig, F, Witte, T, Morgan, A W, González-Gay, M A, and Martín, J
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- 2013
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4. Decline in Forced Vital Capacity Does Not Predict Further Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the Following Period
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Hoffmann-Vold, A., primary, Fretheim, H., additional, Maurer, B., additional, Molberg, O., additional, Jordan, S., additional, and Distler, O.W.C., additional
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- 2020
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5. Serum IgG antibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4 predict radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor-(alpha) blocking agents
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Halvorsen, E.H., Haavardsholm, E.A., Pollmann, S., Boonen, A., van der Heijde, D., Kvien, T.K., and Molberg, O.
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Immunoglobulin G -- Physiological aspects ,Autoantibodies -- Physiological aspects ,Autoantibodies -- Research ,Citrulline -- Physiological aspects ,Citrulline -- Research ,Rheumatoid arthritis -- Patient outcomes ,Rheumatoid arthritis -- Research ,Antiarthritic agents -- Dosage and administration ,Antiarthritic agents -- Research ,Drug therapy -- Patient outcomes ,Drug therapy -- Research ,Health - Published
- 2009
6. Serum IgG antibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4 in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with disease severity
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Halvorsen, E.H., Pollmann, S., Gilboe, I.-M., van der Heijde, D., Landewe, R., Odegard, S., Kvien, T.K., and Molberg, O.
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Immunoglobulin G -- Physiological aspects ,Rheumatoid arthritis -- Development and progression ,Peptides -- Physiological aspects ,Arginine -- Physiological aspects ,Health - Published
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7. Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course
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Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrian, Jose, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I, Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel Angel, Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrian, Jose, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I, Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, and Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel Angel
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Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), along with specific autoantibodies that are addressed to different aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARS). Until now, it has been unknown whether the presence of a different ARS might affect the clinical presentation, evolution, and outcome of ASSD. In this study, we retrospectively recorded the time of onset, characteristics, clustering of triad findings, and survival of 828 ASSD patients (593 anti-Jo1, 95 anti-PL7, 84 anti-PL12, 38 anti-EJ, and 18 anti-OJ), referring to AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group's cohort. Comparisons were performed first between all ARS cases and then, in the case of significance, while using anti-Jo1 positive patients as the reference group. The characteristics of triad findings were similar and the onset mainly began with a single triad finding in all groups despite some differences in overall prevalence. The "ex-novo" occurrence of triad findings was only reduced in the anti-PL12-positive cohort, however, it occurred in a clinically relevant percentage of patients (30%). Moreover, survival was not influenced by the underlying anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies' positivity, which confirmed that antisynthetase syndrome is a heterogeneous condition and that antibody specificity only partially influences the clinical presentation and evolution of this condition.
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- 2019
8. Brief Report: IRF4 Newly Identified as a Common Susceptibility Locus for Systemic Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Cross-Disease Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies
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Lopez-Isac, E., Martin, J.E., Assassi, S., Simeon, C.P., Carreira, P., Ortego-Centeno, N., Freire, M., Beltran, E., Narvaez, J., Alegre-Sancho, J.J., Fernandez-Gutierrez, B., Balsa, A., Ortiz, A.M., Gonzalez-Gay, M.A., Beretta, L., Santaniello, A., Bellocchi, C., Lunardi, C., Moroncini, G., Gabrielli, A., Witte, T. de, Hunzelmann, N., Distler, J.H., Riekemasten, G., Mil, A.H.V. van der Helm-va, Vries-Bouwstra, J. de, Magro-Checa, C., Voskuyl, A.E., Vonk, M.C., Molberg, O., Merriman, T., Hesselstrand, R., Nordin, A., Padyukov, L., Herrick, A., Eyre, S., Koeleman, B.P.C., Denton, C.P., Fonseca, C., Radstake, T.R., Worthington, J., Mayes, M.D., and Martin, J.
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Scleroderma, Systemic ,integumentary system ,Rheumatoid Arthritis ,Systemic Sclerosis ,Arthritis, Rheumatoid ,Genetic Loci ,Risk Factors ,IRF4 ,Interferon Regulatory Factors ,Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 5] ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Systemic Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, IRF4 ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Genome-Wide Association Study - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 172048.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) OBJECTIVE: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases that have similar clinical and immunologic characteristics. To date, several shared SSc-RA genetic loci have been identified independently. The aim of the current study was to systematically search for new common SSc-RA loci through an interdisease meta-genome-wide association (meta-GWAS) strategy. METHODS: The study was designed as a meta-analysis combining GWAS data sets of patients with SSc and patients with RA, using a strategy that allowed identification of loci with both same-direction and opposite-direction allelic effects. The top single-nucleotide polymorphisms were followed up in independent SSc and RA case-control cohorts. This allowed an increase in the sample size to a total of 8,830 patients with SSc, 16,870 patients with RA, and 43,393 healthy controls. RESULTS: This cross-disease meta-analysis of the GWAS data sets identified several loci with nominal association signals (P < 5 x 10(-6) ) that also showed evidence of association in the disease-specific GWAS scans. These loci included several genomic regions not previously reported as shared loci, as well as several risk factors that were previously found to be associated with both diseases. Follow-up analyses of the putatively new SSc-RA loci identified IRF4 as a shared risk factor for these 2 diseases (Pcombined = 3.29 x 10(-12) ). Analysis of the biologic relevance of the known SSc-RA shared loci identified the type I interferon and interleukin-12 signaling pathways as the main common etiologic factors. CONCLUSION: This study identified a novel shared locus, IRF4, for the risk of SSc and RA, and highlighted the usefulness of a cross-disease GWAS meta-analysis strategy in the identification of common risk loci.
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- 2016
9. Autoantibodies in coeliac disease: tissue transglutaminase-guilt by association?
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Sollid, L M, Molberg, O, McAdam, S, and Lundin, K E A
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- 1997
10. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome
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González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, Cavagna, Lorenzo, González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, and Cavagna, Lorenzo
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Objective To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). Methods The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2). Results 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005). Conclusion In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility
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- 2018
11. A Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Risk Alleles in Plasminogen and P4HA2 Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis
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Carmona, DF, Vaglio, A, Mackie, SL, Hernández-Rodríguez, J, Monach, PA, Castaneda, S, Solans, R, Morado, IC, Narvaez, J, Ramentol-Sintas, M, Pease, CT, Dasgupta, B, Watts, R, Khalidi, N, Langford, CA, Ytterberg, S, Boiardi, L, Beretta, L, Govoni, M, Emmi, G, Bonatti, F, Cimmino, MA, Witte, T, Neumann, T, Holle, A, Schonau, V, Sailler, L, Papo, T, Haroche, J, Mahr, A, Mouthon, L, Molberg, O, Diamantopoulos, AP, Voskuyl, A, Brouwer, E, Daikeler, T, Berger, CT, Molloy, ES, O'Neill, L, Blockmans, D, Lie, BA, Mclaren, P, Vyse, TJ, Wijmenga, C, Allanore, Y, Koeleman, BPC, Spanish CGA Group, UKGCA Consortium, Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, Barrett, JH, Cid, MC, Salvarini, C, Merkel, PA, Morgan, AW, Gonzalez-Gay, MA, and Martin, J
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in individuals older than 50 years in Western countries. To shed light onto the genetic background influencing susceptibility for GCA, we performed a genome-wide association screening in a well-powered study cohort. After imputation, 1,844,133 genetic variants were analyzed in 2,134 case subjects and 9,125 unaffected individuals from ten independent populations of European ancestry. Our data confirmed HLA class II as the strongest associated region (independent signals: rs9268905, p = 1.94 × 10−54, per-allele OR = 1.79; and rs9275592, p = 1.14 × 10−40, OR = 2.08). Additionally, PLG and P4HA2 were identified as GCA risk genes at the genome-wide level of significance (rs4252134, p = 1.23 × 10−10, OR = 1.28; and rs128738, p = 4.60 × 10−9, OR = 1.32, respectively). Interestingly, we observed that the association peaks overlapped with different regulatory elements related to cell types and tissues involved in the pathophysiology of GCA. PLG and P4HA2 are involved in vascular remodelling and angiogenesis, suggesting a high relevance of these processes for the pathogenic mechanisms underlying this type of vasculitis.
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12. Immune-Array Analysis in Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Reveals HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Heterogeneity Across the Myositis Spectrum
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Rothwell, S., Cooper, R.G., Lundberg, I.E., Gregersen, P.K., Hanna, M.G., Machado, P.M., Herbert, M.K., Pruijn, G.J.M., Lilleker, J.B., Roberts, M, Bowes, J., Seldin, M.F., Vencovsky, J., Danko, K., Limaye, V., Selva-O'Callaghan, A., Platt, H., Molberg, O., Benveniste, O., Radstake, T.R., Doria, A., De Bleecker, J., De Paepe, B., Gieger, C., Meitinger, T., Winkelmann, J., Amos, C.I., Ollier, W.E., Padyukov, L., Lee, A.T van der, Lamb, J.A., Chinoy, H., Rothwell, S., Cooper, R.G., Lundberg, I.E., Gregersen, P.K., Hanna, M.G., Machado, P.M., Herbert, M.K., Pruijn, G.J.M., Lilleker, J.B., Roberts, M, Bowes, J., Seldin, M.F., Vencovsky, J., Danko, K., Limaye, V., Selva-O'Callaghan, A., Platt, H., Molberg, O., Benveniste, O., Radstake, T.R., Doria, A., De Bleecker, J., De Paepe, B., Gieger, C., Meitinger, T., Winkelmann, J., Amos, C.I., Ollier, W.E., Padyukov, L., Lee, A.T van der, Lamb, J.A., and Chinoy, H.
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13. Combined-Phenotype Meta-GWAS in Systemic Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Identifies IRF4 As a New Common Susceptibility Locus
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Lopez-Isac, E., Assassi, S., Simeon, C.P., Carreira, P., Centeno, N., Gutierrez, B.F., Balsa, A., Gonzalez-Gay, M.A., Beretta, L., Lunardi, C., Moroncini, G., Witte, T., Hunzelmann, N., Distler, J.H.W., Riekemasten, G., Helm-van Mil, A.H.M. van der, Vries-Bouwstra, J.K. de, Magro Checa, C., Voskuyl, A.E., Vonk, M.C., Molberg, O., Merriman, T., Hesselstrand, R., Nordin, A., Padyukov, L., Herrick, A.L., Eyre, S., Denton, C., Fonseca, C., Radstake, T.R.D.J., Worthington, J., Mayes, M.D., and Martin, J.
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14. IRF4 Newly Identified as a Common Susceptibility Locus for Systemic Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Cross-Disease Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies
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Lopez-Isac, E., Martin, J.E., Assassi, S., Simeon, C.P., Carreira, P., Ortego-Centeno, N., Freire, M., Beltran, E., Narvaez, J., Alegre-Sancho, J.J., Fernandez-Gutierrez, B., Balsa, A., Ortiz, A.M., Gonzalez-Gay, M.A., Beretta, L., Santaniello, A., Bellocchi, C., Lunardi, C., Moroncini, G., Gabrielli, A., Witte, T., Hunzelmann, N., Distler, J.H.W., Riekemasten, G., Helm-Van Mil, A.H. van der, Vries-Bouwstra, J. de, Magro Checa, C., Voskuyl, A.E., Vonk, M.C., Molberg, O., Merriman, T., Hesselstrand, R., Nordin, A., Padyukov, L., Herrick, A., Eyre, S., Koeleman, B.P.C., Denton, C.P., Fonseca, C., Radstake, T.R.D.J., Worthington, J., Mayes, M.D., Martin, J., and Spanish Scleroderma Grp
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15. A Large-Scale Genetic Analysis Reveals a Strong Contribution of the HLA Class II Region to Giant Cell Arteritis Susceptibility
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David Carmona, F, Mackie, SL, Martin, J-E, Taylor, JC, Vaglio, A, Eyre, S, Bossini-Castillo, L, Castaneda, S, Cid, MC, Hernandez-Rodriguez, J, Prieto-Gonzalez, S, Solans, R, Ramentol-Sintas, M, Francisca Gonzalez-Escribano, M, Ortiz-Fernandez, L, Morado, IC, Narvaez, J, Miranda-Filloy, JA, Beretta, L, Lunardi, C, Cimmino, MA, Gianfreda, D, Santilli, D, Ramirez, GA, Soriano, A, Muratore, F, Pazzola, G, Addimanda, O, Wijmenga, C, Witte, T, Schirmer, JH, Moosig, F, Schoenau, V, Franke, A, Palm, O, Molberg, O, Diamantopoulos, AP, Carette, S, Cuthbertson, D, Forbess, LJ, Hoffman, GS, Khalidi, NA, Koening, CL, Langford, CA, McAlear, CA, Moreland, L, Monach, PA, Pagnoux, C, Seo, P, Spiera, R, Sreih, AG, Warrington, KJ, Ytterberg, SR, Gregersen, PK, Pease, CT, Gough, A, Green, M, Hordon, L, Jarrett, S, Watts, R, Levy, S, Patel, Y, Kamath, S, Dasgupta, B, Worthington, J, Koeleman, BPC, de Bakker, PIW, Barrett, JH, Salvarani, C, Merkel, PA, Gonzalez-Gay, MA, Morgan, AW, Martin, J, Carmona, F. David, Mackie, Sarah L., Martín, Jose-Ezequiel, Taylor, John C., Vaglio, Augusto, Eyre, Stephen, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, Castañeda, Santo, Cid, Maria C., Hernández-Rodríguez, José, Prieto-González, Sergio, Solans, Roser, Ramentol-Sintas, Marc, González-Escribano, M. Francisca, Ortiz-Fernández, Lourde, Morado, Inmaculada C., Narváez, Javier, Miranda-Filloy, José A., Beretta, Lorenzo, Lunardi, Claudio, Cimmino, Marco A., Gianfreda, Davide, Santilli, Daniele, Ramirez, Giuseppe A., Soriano, Alessandra, Muratore, Francesco, Pazzola, Giulia, Addimanda, Olga, Wijmenga, Cisca, Witte, Torsten, Schirmer, Jan H., Moosig, Frank, Schönau, Verena, Franke, Andre, Palm, Oyvind, Molberg, Oyvind, Diamantopoulos, Andreas P., Carette, Simon, Cuthbertson, David, Forbess, Lindsy J., Hoffman, Gary S., Khalidi, Nader A., Koening, Curry L., Langford, Carol A., Mcalear, Carol A., Moreland, Larry, Monach, Paul A., Pagnoux, Christian, Seo, Philip, Spiera, Robert, Sreih, Antoine G., Warrington, Kenneth J., Ytterberg, Steven R., Gregersen, Peter K., Pease, Colin T., Gough, Andrew, Green, Michael, Hordon, Lesley, Jarrett, Stephen, Watts, Richard, Levy, Sarah, Patel, Yusuf, Kamath, Sanjeet, Dasgupta, Bhaskar, Worthington, Jane, Koeleman, Bobby P.C., De Bakker, Paul I.W., Barrett, Jennifer H., Salvarani, Carlo, Merkel, Peter A., González-Gay, Miguel A., Morgan, Ann W., and Martín, Javier
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Multifactorial Inheritance ,Genotype ,European Continental Ancestry Group ,Genes, MHC Class II ,Giant Cell Arteritis ,Genetic Association Studie ,Article ,White People ,MHC Class II ,Cohort Studies ,Genetic ,Genes ,Genetic Association Studies ,Humans ,Multivariate Analysis ,Odds Ratio ,Genetics ,Genetics(clinical) ,Cohort Studie ,Multivariate Analysi ,Giant Cell Arteriti ,Genetics (clinical) ,Human - Abstract
We conducted a large-scale genetic analysis on giant cell arteritis (GCA), a polygenic immune-mediated vasculitis. A case-control cohort, comprising 1,651 case subjects with GCA and 15,306 unrelated control subjects from six different countries of European ancestry, was genotyped by the Immunochip array. We also imputed HLA data with a previously validated imputation method to perform a more comprehensive analysis of this genomic region. The strongest association signals were observed in the HLA region, with rs477515 representing the highest peak (p = 4.05 × 10(-40), OR = 1.73). A multivariate model including class II amino acids of HLA-DRβ1 and HLA-DQα1 and one class I amino acid of HLA-B explained most of the HLA association with GCA, consistent with previously reported associations of classical HLA alleles like HLA-DRB1(∗)04. An omnibus test on polymorphic amino acid positions highlighted DRβ1 13 (p = 4.08 × 10(-43)) and HLA-DQα1 47 (p = 4.02 × 10(-46)), 56, and 76 (both p = 1.84 × 10(-45)) as relevant positions for disease susceptibility. Outside the HLA region, the most significant loci included PTPN22 (rs2476601, p = 1.73 × 10(-6), OR = 1.38), LRRC32 (rs10160518, p = 4.39 × 10(-6), OR = 1.20), and REL (rs115674477, p = 1.10 × 10(-5), OR = 1.63). Our study provides evidence of a strong contribution of HLA class I and II molecules to susceptibility to GCA. In the non-HLA region, we confirmed a key role for the functional PTPN22 rs2476601 variant and proposed other putative risk loci for GCA involved in Th1, Th17, and Treg cell function.
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16. Identification of the PTPN22 functional variant R620W as susceptibility genetic factor for giant cell arteritis
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Serrano, A., Marquez, A., Mackie, S.L., Carmona, F.D., Solans, R., Miranda-Filloy, J.A., Hernandez-Rodriguez, J., Cid, M.C., Castaneda, S., Morado, I.C., Narvaez, J., Blanco, R., Sopena, B., Garcia-Villanueva, M.J., Monfort, J., Ortego-Centeno, N., Unzurrunzaga, A., Mari-Alfonso, B., Sanchez-Martin, J., Miguel, E. de, Magro, C., Raya, E., Braun, N., Latus, J., Molberg, O., Lie, B.A., Moosig, F., Witte, T., Morgan, A.W., Gonzalez-Gay, M.A., Martin, J., UK GCA Consortium, and Spanish GCA Consortium
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17. The Functional PTPN22 Variant R620W Is Strongly Associated With Giant Cell Artetitis Predisposition
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Carmona, F.D., Mackie, S.L., Serrano, A., Marquez, A., Solans, R., Miranda-Filloy, J.A., Hernandez-Rodriguez, J., Cid, M.C., Castaneda, S., Morado, I.C., Narvaez, J., Blanco, R., Sopena, B., Garcia-Villanueva, M.J., Monfort, J., Ortego-Centeno, N., Unzurrunzaga, A., Mari-Alfonso, B., Sanchez-Martin, J., Miguel, E. de, Magro, C., Raya, E., Braun, N., Latus, J., Molberg, O., Lie, B.A., Moosig, F., Witte, T., Morgan, A.W., Gonzalez-Gay, M.A., and Martin, J.
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18. OP0290 Long Time Experience with Rituximab in the Antisynthetase Syndrome with Severe Lung Disease
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Andersson, H., primary, Lund, M.B., additional, Sem, M., additional, Gran, J.T., additional, and Molberg, O., additional
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19. Gliadin specific responses by small intestinal T cells in coeliac disease
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McAdam, S., Arentz-Hansen, E.H., Molberg, O., Quarsten, H., Körner, R., Roepstorff, P., m.fl., Auricchio, S., Greco, L., Maiuri, L., and Troncone, R.
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20. Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in an unselected, mixed connective tissue disease cohort: results of a nationwide, Norwegian cross-sectional multicentre study and review of current literature
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Gunnarsson, R., primary, Andreassen, A. K., additional, Molberg, O., additional, Lexberg, A. S., additional, Time, K., additional, Dhainaut, A. S. S., additional, Bertelsen, L.-T., additional, Palm, O., additional, Irgens, K., additional, Becker-Merok, A., additional, Nordeide, J. L., additional, Johnsen, V., additional, Pedersen, S., additional, Proven, A., additional, Garabet, L. S. N., additional, Garen, T., additional, Aalokken, T. M., additional, Gilboe, I.-M., additional, and Gran, J. T., additional
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21. Prevalence of systemic sclerosis in south-east Norway
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Hoffmann-Vold, A.-M., primary, Midtvedt, O., additional, Molberg, O., additional, Garen, T., additional, and Gran, J. T., additional
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22. Serum IgG antibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4 in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with disease severity
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Halvorsen, E H, primary, Pollmann, S, additional, Gilboe, I-M, additional, van der Heijde, D, additional, Landewe, R, additional, Odegard, S, additional, Kvien, T K, additional, and Molberg, O, additional
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23. Heterogeneous reactivity patterns of HLA-DQ-restricted, small intestinal T-cell clones from patients with celiac disease
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Lundin, KE, primary, Sollid, LM, additional, Anthonsen, D, additional, Noren, O, additional, Molberg, O, additional, Thorsby, E, additional, and Sjostrom, H, additional
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24. Genes and environment in celiac disease.
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Sollid, L. M., McAdam, S. N., Molberg, Ø., Quarsten, H., Arentz-Hansen, H., Louka, A. S., Lundin, K. E. A., Molberg, O, and Lundin, K E
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CELIAC disease ,DIGESTIVE system diseases - Abstract
Celiac disease is an intestinal disorder that develops as a result of interplay between genetic and environmental factors. HLA genes along with non-HLA genes predispose to the disease. Linkage studies have failed to identify chromosomal regions other than the HLA region which have major effects, indicating the existence of multiple non-HLA predisposing genes with modest effects. Association studies have shown that CTLA4 or a closely located gene is one of these genes. The primary HLA association in the majority of celiac disease patients is with DQ2 (DQA1*05/DQB1*02) and in the minority of patients with DQ8 (DQA1*0301/DQB1*0302). Gluten reactive CD4+ T cells can be isolated from small intestinal biopsies of celiac patients but not from controls. DQ2 or DQ8, but not other HLA molecules carried by patients, present peptides to these T cells. A number of distinct T cell gluten epitopes exist, most of them posttranslationally modified by deamidation. DQ2 and DQ8 bind the epitopes such that the glutamic acid residues created by deamidation are accommodated in pockets that have a preference for negatively charged side chains. There is evidence that deamidation in vivo is mediated by the enzyme tissue transglutaminase (tTG). Overall, the results point to control of the immune response to gluten by intestinal T cells restricted by the DQ2 or DQ8 molecules. This is likely to be a critical checkpoint for the development of celiac disease and could explain the dominant genetic role of HLA in this disorder. The products of the other predisposing genes may participate in pathway(s) that lead(s) to lesion formation. The minor genetic effects of the non-HLA genes could indicate a lack of critical checkpoints along these pathways, or that there are several pathways leading to the lesion formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. Role of tissue transglutaminase in celiac disease.
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Molberg, Øyvind, McAdam, Stephen N., Sollid, Ludvig M., Molberg, O, McAdam, S N, and Sollid, L M
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26. Identification and Analysis of Multivalent Proteolytically Resistant Peptides from Gluten: Implications for Celiac Sprue
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Shan, L., Qiao, S.-W., Arentz-Hansen, H., Molberg, O., Gray, G. M., Sollid, L. M., and Khosla, C.
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Dietary gluten proteins from wheat, rye, and barley are the primary triggers for the immuno-pathogenesis of Celiac Sprue, a widespread immune disease of the small intestine. Recent molecular and structural analyses of representative gluten proteins, most notably α- and γ-gliadin proteins from wheat, have improved our understanding of these pathogenic mechanisms. In particular, based on the properties of a 33-mer peptide, generated from α-gliadin under physiological conditions, a link between digestive resistance and inflammatory character of gluten has been proposed. Here, we report three lines of investigation in support of this hypothesis. First, biochemical and immunological analysis of deletion mutants of α-2 gliadin confirmed that the DQ2 restricted T cell response to the α-2 gliadin are directed toward the epitopes clustered within the 33-mer. Second, proteolytic analysis of a representative γ-gliadin led to the identification of another multivalent 26-mer peptide that was also resistant to further gastric, pancreatic and intestinal brush border degradation, and was a good substrate of human transglutaminase 2 (TG2). Analogous to the 33-mer, the synthetic 26-mer peptide displayed markedly enhanced T cell antigenicity compared to monovalent control peptides. Finally, in silico analysis of the gluten proteome led to the identification of at least 60 putative peptides that share the common characteristics of the 33-mer and the 26-mer peptides. Together, these results highlight the pivotal role of physiologically generated, proteolytically stable, TG2-reactive, multivalent peptides in the immune response to dietary gluten in Celiac Sprue patients. Prolyl endopeptidase treatment was shown to abolish the antigenicity of both the 33-mer and the 26-mer peptides, and was also predicted to have comparable effects on other proline-rich putatively immunotoxic peptides identified from other polypeptides within the gluten proteome. Keywords: Celiac Disease • Celiac Sprue • gliadin • gluten • proteolysis • prolyl endopeptidase
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27. Mapping of gluten T-cell epitopes in the bread wheat ancestors: Implications for celiac disease
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Molberg, O., Uhlen, A.K., Jensen, T., Flaete, N.S., Fleckenstein, B., Arentz-Hansen, H., Raki, M., Lundin, K.E.A., and Sollid, L.M.
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Background & Aims: Celiac disease is a prevalent disorder characterized by a chronic intestinal inflammation driven by HLA-DQ2 or -DQ8-restricted T cells specific for ingested wheat gluten peptides. The dominant T-cell responses are to epitopes that cluster within a stable 33mer fragment formed by physiologic digestion of distinct @a-gliadins. Celiac disease is treated by excluding all gluten proteins from the diet. Conceivably, a diet based on baking-quality gluten from a wheat species that expresses no or few T-cell stimulatory gluten peptides should be equally well tolerated by the celiac patients and, importantly, also be beneficial for disease prevention. Methods: To identify baking quality, harmless wheat, we followed the evolution of the wheat back to the species that most likely have contributed the AA, BB, and DD genomes to the bread wheat. Gluten were extracted from a large collection of these ancient wheat species and screened for T-cell stimulatory gluten peptides. Results: Distinct differences in the intestinal T-cell responses to the diploid species were identified. Interestingly, we found that the fragments identical or equivalent to the immunodominant 33mer fragment are encoded by @a-gliadin genes on the wheat chromosome 6D and thus absent from gluten of diploid einkorn (AA) and even certain cultivars of the tetraploid (AABB) pasta wheat. Conclusions: These findings have implications for celiac disease because they raise the prospect of identifying or producing by breeding wheat species with low or absent levels of harmful gluten proteins.
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28. CD4^+ T cells with specific reactivity against astrovirus isolated from normal human small intestine
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Molberg, O., Nilsen, E.M., Sollid, L.M., Scott, H., Brandtzaeg, P., Thorsby, E., and Lundin, K.E.A.
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Background & Aims: The gut is the largest immunologic organ in the human body, but little is known about the antigen specificity of mucosal T cells. This study sought to determine whether T cells resident in the duodenal mucosa could recognize astrovirus, a common and clinically important gastroenteritis virus. Serum antibodies against astrovirus are prevalent, indicating frequent viral exposure and postinfectious induction of systemic immune responses. Mucosal immune responses may conceivably mediate protection on astroviral reinfections. Methods: Small intestinal biopsy specimens with normal histology were obtained from 8 adults and challenged in an organ culture system with inactivated human astrovirus. T cells activated by the viral challenge were isolated either by immunomagnetic positive selection of mucosal resident cells or by collecting cells emigrating into the culture supernatant. Results: Astrovirus-specific, mucosal T-cell lines were isolated from all 8 subjects. Analysis of 29 CD4^+ T-cell clones from 3 subjects showed predominant HLA-DR restriction of astrovirus responses. Most of the T-cell clones showed a Th1-like cytokine profile when restimulated with astrovirus. Conclusions: Helper T cells residing in normal, duodenal mucosa of adult subjects recognize a common enteropathogenic virus. These mucosal CD4^+ T cells are presumably important in mucosal defense against recurrent astroviral infections. GASTROENTEROLOGY 1998;114:115-122
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29. Major histocompatibility complex class II-dependent antigen presentation by human intestinal endothelial cells
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Haraldsen, G., Sollid, L.M., Bakke, O., Farstad, I.N., Kvale, D., Molberg, O., Norstein, J., Stang, E., and Brandtzaeg, P.
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Background & Aims: In the normal gut, human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells (HIMECs) express major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules. Enhanced expression is found in chronic inflammation. We examined the cytokine regulation of MHC class II molecules and the associated invariant chain (Ii) in HIMECs and investigated whether such cells can process and present a complex protein antigen to T cells. Methods: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, flow cytometry, immunoelectron microscopy, as well as T-cell activation assay with HIMECs and HLA-DR-restricted T-cell clones were employed. Results: In unstimulated HIMEC monolayers, HLA-DR, -DP, and -DQ and Ii were undetectable at the protein level, but interferon gamma (IFN-@c) (100 U/mL) induced expression that peaked for DR after 2-3 days, for DP after 4-6 days, for DQ after 10-12 days, and for Ii after 2-3 days. Tumor necrosis factor @a had no effect alone but enhanced class II expression in combination with IFN-@c, most notably for DQ and DP. HLA-DR3-restricted and Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat shock 65-kilodalton-specific T-cell clones were activated to produce IFN-@c in response to relevant antigen presented by IFN-@c-treated HIMECs. This response was inhibited by blocking monoclonal antibody to HLA-DR and by chloroquine when compared to professional antigen-presenting cells, HIMECs activated T-cell clones quite efficiently. Conclusions: These data suggest that microvascular endothelial cells can present complex protein antigens in the human gut. GASTROENTEROLOGY 1998;114:649-656
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30. Influence of the IL17A locus in giant cell arteritis susceptibility
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Márquez, A., Hernández Rodríguez, José, Cid Xutglà, M. Cinta, Solans, Roser, Castañeda, Santos, Fernández-Contreras, M. E., Ramentol, Marc, Morado, Inmaculada C., Narváez García, Francisco Javier, Gómez Vaquero, Carmen, Martínez-Taboada, V. M., Ortego Centeno, Norberto, Sopeña, Bernardo, Monfort, J., García-Villanueva, María Jesús, Caminal Montero, L., Miguel, E. de, Blanco, Ricardo, Spanish GCA Consortium, Palm, O., Molberg, O, Latus, J., Braun, Niko, Moosig, F., Witte, Torsten, Beretta, Lorenzo, Santaniello, Alessandro, Pazzola, Giulia, Boiardi, Luigi, Salvarani, Carlo, González-Gay, Miguel A., Martín, Javier, and Universitat de Barcelona
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Genotype ,Immunology ,Giant Cell Arteritis ,Locus (genetics) ,Biology ,Genetic polymorphisms ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Rheumatology ,Gene Frequency ,medicine ,Genetics ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Arteritis ,Allele ,Allele frequency ,Arteritis de cèl·lules gegants ,Giant cell arteritis ,Polymorphism, Genetic ,Polimorfisme genètic ,Haplotype ,Interleukin-17 ,medicine.disease ,Meta-analysis ,Haplotypes ,Case-Control Studies ,Gene polymorphism ,Vasculitis ,Cytokines ,Gene Polymorphism ,Genètica ,Metaanàlisi - Abstract
Objective Different lines of evidence have highlighted the role of IL-17A in the inflammatory process occurring in giant cell arteritis (GCA). The aim of the present study was to assess whether the IL17A locus influences GCA susceptibility and its clinical subphenotypes. Methods We carried out a large meta-analysis including a total of 1266 biopsy-proven GCA patients and 3779 healthy controls from four European populations (Spain, Italy, Germany and Norway). Five IL17A polymorphisms (rs4711998, rs8193036, rs3819024, rs2275913 and rs7747909) were selected by tagging and genotyped using TaqMan assays. Allelic combination and dependency tests were also performed. Results In the pooled analysis, two of the five analysed polymorphisms showed evidence of association with GCA (rs2275913: P MH =1.85E−03, OR=1.17 (1.06–1.29); rs7747909: P MH =8.49E–03, OR=1.15 (1.04–1.27)). A clear trend of association was also found for the rs4711998 variant (P MH =0.059, OR=1.11 (1.00–1.23)). An independent effect of rs2275913 and rs4711998 was evident by conditional regression analysis. In addition, the haplotype harbouring the risk alleles better explained the observed association than the polymorphisms independently (likelihood p value −05 ). Conclusions Polymorphisms within the IL17A locus show a novel association with GCA. This finding supports the relevant role of the Th17 cells in this vasculitis pathophysiology.
31. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome
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Ma, González-Gay, Montecucco C, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Trallero-Araguas E, Molberg O, Andersson H, Rojas-Serrano J, Di, Perez-Roman, Bauhammer J, and Aeneas, Collaborative Group
32. Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course
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Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrián, José Manuel, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I., Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, González-Gay, Miguel A., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Cantabria, Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, and Gonzalez-Gay, M
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medicine.medical_specialty ,antisynthetase antibodies ,antisynthetase syndrome ,arthritis ,interstitial lung disease ,myositis ,Medizin ,Arthritis ,lcsh:Medicine ,Antisynthetase syndrome ,Interstitial lung disease ,Article ,NO ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,antisynthetase antibodies, antisynthetase syndrome, arthritis, interstitial lung disease, myositis ,ddc:610 ,Myositis ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Antisynthetase antibodies ,biology ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Autoantibody ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,arthriti ,030228 respiratory system ,Time course ,Cohort ,biology.protein ,Antibody ,business ,antisynthetase antibodie - Abstract
Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), along with specific autoantibodies that are addressed to different aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARS). Until now, it has been unknown whether the presence of a different ARS might affect the clinical presentation, evolution, and outcome of ASSD. In this study, we retrospectively recorded the time of onset, characteristics, clustering of triad findings, and survival of 828 ASSD patients (593 anti-Jo1, 95 anti-PL7, 84 anti-PL12, 38 anti-EJ, and 18 anti-OJ), referring to AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group's cohort. Comparisons were performed first between all ARS cases and then, in the case of significance, while using anti-Jo1 positive patients as the reference group. The characteristics of triad findings were similar and the onset mainly began with a single triad finding in all groups despite some differences in overall prevalence. The "ex-novo" occurrence of triad findings was only reduced in the anti-PL12-positive cohort, however, it occurred in a clinically relevant percentage of patients (30%). Moreover, survival was not influenced by the underlying anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies' positivity, which confirmed that antisynthetase syndrome is a heterogeneous condition and that antibody specificity only partially influences the clinical presentation and evolution of this condition. ispartof: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE vol:8 issue:11 ispartof: location:Switzerland status: published
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33. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome
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González Gay, Miguel A., Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva O Callaghan, Albert, Trallero Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas Serrano, Jorge, Perez Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M., Andrea Doria, anna ghirardello, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A., Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera Valera, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez Mejias, Raquel, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira Da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, Cavagna, Lorenzo, González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantino, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andrea, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángele, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santo, and Cavagna, Lorenzo
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Adult ,Male ,Time Factors ,phenotype ,autoantibodies ,prevalence ,Medizin ,Antisynthetase syndrome ,Arthritis pattern ,Timing of onset ,Arthritis ,Autoantibodies ,Biomarkers ,Europe ,Female ,Humans ,Mexico ,Middle Aged ,Myositis ,Phenotype ,Prevalence ,Prognosis ,Retrospective Studies ,Risk Factors ,NO ,antisynthetase syndrome ,arthritis ,pulmonary disease ,male ,middle aged ,risk factors ,humans ,adult ,biomarkers ,timefFactors ,arthriti ,retrospective studies ,female ,arthritis, antisyntethase syndrome ,prognosis ,myositis - Abstract
Objective To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). Methods The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2). Results 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005). Conclusion In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility
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34. Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course.
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Cavagna L, Trallero-Araguás E, Meloni F, Cavazzana I, Rojas-Serrano J, Feist E, Zanframundo G, Morandi V, Meyer A, Pereira da Silva JA, Matos Costa CJ, Molberg O, Andersson H, Codullo V, Mosca M, Barsotti S, Neri R, Scirè C, Govoni M, Furini F, Lopez-Longo FJ, Martinez-Barrio J, Schneider U, Lorenz HM, Doria A, Ghirardello A, Ortego-Centeno N, Confalonieri M, Tomietto P, Pipitone N, Rodriguez Cambron AB, Blázquez Cañamero MÁ, Voll RE, Wendel S, Scarpato S, Maurier F, Limonta M, Colombelli P, Giannini M, Geny B, Arrigoni E, Bravi E, Migliorini P, Mathieu A, Piga M, Drott U, Delbrueck C, Bauhammer J, Cagnotto G, Vancheri C, Sambataro G, De Langhe E, Sainaghi PP, Monti C, Gigli Berzolari F, Romano M, Bonella F, Specker C, Schwarting A, Villa Blanco I, Selmi C, Ceribelli A, Nuno L, Mera-Varela A, Perez Gomez N, Fusaro E, Parisi S, Sinigaglia L, Del Papa N, Benucci M, Cimmino MA, Riccieri V, Conti F, Sebastiani GD, Iuliano A, Emmi G, Cammelli D, Sebastiani M, Manfredi A, Bachiller-Corral J, Sifuentes Giraldo WA, Paolazzi G, Saketkoo LA, Giorgi R, Salaffi F, Cifrian J, Caporali R, Locatelli F, Marchioni E, Pesci A, Dei G, Pozzi MR, Claudia L, Distler J, Knitza J, Schett G, Iannone F, Fornaro M, Franceschini F, Quartuccio L, Gerli R, Bartoloni E, Bellando Randone S, Zampogna G, Gonzalez Perez MI, Mejia M, Vicente E, Triantafyllias K, Lopez-Mejias R, Matucci-Cerinic M, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Castañeda S, Montecucco C, and Gonzalez-Gay MA
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Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), along with specific autoantibodies that are addressed to different aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARS). Until now, it has been unknown whether the presence of a different ARS might affect the clinical presentation, evolution, and outcome of ASSD. In this study, we retrospectively recorded the time of onset, characteristics, clustering of triad findings, and survival of 828 ASSD patients (593 anti-Jo1, 95 anti-PL7, 84 anti-PL12, 38 anti-EJ, and 18 anti-OJ), referring to AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group's cohort. Comparisons were performed first between all ARS cases and then, in the case of significance, while using anti-Jo1 positive patients as the reference group. The characteristics of triad findings were similar and the onset mainly began with a single triad finding in all groups despite some differences in overall prevalence. The "ex-novo" occurrence of triad findings was only reduced in the anti-PL12-positive cohort, however, it occurred in a clinically relevant percentage of patients (30%). Moreover, survival was not influenced by the underlying anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies' positivity, which confirmed that antisynthetase syndrome is a heterogeneous condition and that antibody specificity only partially influences the clinical presentation and evolution of this condition.
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35. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome.
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González-Gay MA, Montecucco C, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Trallero-Araguas E, Molberg O, Andersson H, Rojas-Serrano J, Perez-Roman DI, Bauhammer J, Fiehn C, Neri R, Barsotti S, Lorenz HM, Doria A, Ghirardello A, Iannone F, Giannini M, Franceschini F, Cavazzana I, Triantafyllias K, Benucci M, Infantino M, Manfredi M, Conti F, Schwarting A, Sebastiani G, Iuliano A, Emmi G, Silvestri E, Govoni M, Scirè CA, Furini F, Lopez-Longo FJ, Martínez-Barrio J, Sebastiani M, Manfredi A, Bachiller-Corral J, Sifuentes Giraldo WA, Cimmino MA, Cosso C, Belotti Masserini A, Cagnotto G, Codullo V, Romano M, Paolazzi G, Pellerito R, Saketkoo LA, Ortego-Centeno N, Quartuccio L, Batticciotto A, Bartoloni Bocci E, Gerli R, Specker C, Bravi E, Selmi C, Parisi S, Salaffi F, Meloni F, Marchioni E, Pesci A, Dei G, Confalonieri M, Tomietto P, Nuno L, Bonella F, Pipitone N, Mera-Valera A, Perez-Gomez N, Gerzeli S, Lopez-Mejias R, Matos-Costa CJ, Pereira da Silva JA, Cifrian J, Alpini C, Olivieri I, Blázquez Cañamero MÁ, Rodriguez Cambrón AB, Castañeda S, and Cavagna L
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- Adult, Arthritis diagnosis, Arthritis immunology, Autoantibodies blood, Biomarkers blood, Europe epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Middle Aged, Myositis diagnosis, Myositis immunology, Phenotype, Prevalence, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Arthritis epidemiology, Myositis epidemiology
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Objectives: To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD)., Methods: The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2)., Results: 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005)., Conclusions: In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility.
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36. Anti-PAD4 autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: levels in serum over time and impact on PAD4 activity as measured with a small synthetic substrate.
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Pollmann S, Stensland M, Halvorsen EH, Sollid LM, Kvien TK, Fleckenstein B, and Molberg O
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- Arginine metabolism, Arthritis, Rheumatoid blood, Arthritis, Rheumatoid enzymology, Biomarkers blood, Case-Control Studies, Catalysis, Disease Progression, Humans, Hydrolases blood, Immunoassay, Kinetics, Norway, Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type 4, Protein-Arginine Deiminases, Severity of Illness Index, Substrate Specificity, Arginine analogs & derivatives, Arthritis, Rheumatoid immunology, Autoantibodies blood, Hydrolases immunology, Immunoglobulin G blood
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Isoform 4 of the human peptidylarginine deiminase (hPAD4) enzyme may be responsible for the citrullination of antigens in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has been shown to be itself the target of disease-specific autoantibodies. Here, we have tested whether the level of serum anti-hPAD4 antibodies in RA patients is stable over a period of 10 years and whether the antibodies influence hPAD4-mediated deimination of the small substrate N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester. RA sera (n = 128) obtained at baseline and after 10 years were assessed for anti-hPAD4 antibodies by a specific immunoassay. For 118 RA patients, serum anti-hPAD4 IgG levels were stable over 10 years. Seven patients who were negative for anti-PAD4 IgG at baseline had become positive after 10 years. Further, total IgG from selected RA patients and controls were purified, and a fraction was depleted for anti-hPAD4 antibodies. Kinetic deimination assays were performed with total IgG and depleted fractions. The k ( cat ) and K ( m ) values of hPAD4-mediated deimination of N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester were not affected by the depletion of the anti-hPAD4 antibodies from the total IgG pool. In conclusion, RA patients remain positive for anti-hPAD4 antibodies over time and some patients who are initially anti-hPAD4 negative become positive later in the disease course. The anti-hPAD4 antibodies did not affect the enzymatic activity of hPAD4 when the small substrate N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester was used. However, this finding may not exclude an effect of these autoantibodies on citrullination of protein substrates in RA.
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37. The prevalence and incidence of mixed connective tissue disease: a national multicentre survey of Norwegian patients.
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Gunnarsson R, Molberg O, Gilboe IM, and Gran JT
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Age Factors, Age of Onset, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Antinuclear blood, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease immunology, Norway epidemiology, Ribonucleoproteins immunology, Young Adult, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease epidemiology
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Objectives: Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an immune-mediated, systemic disorder of unknown aetiology. As the epidemiology of the disease is largely unknown, the authors performed a nationwide cross-sectional retrospective study to assess the prevalence and incidence of MCTD in Norway., Methods: Every adult patient (≥ 18 years) with MCTD seen at one of the departments of rheumatology was reviewed for inclusion. Only patients who satisfied the following four criteria were included: clinical diagnosis of MCTD verified by a rheumatologist; positive serum anti-ribonucleoprotein antibody test; fulfilment of at least one of three of following criteria sets: the modified Sharp's criteria, the criteria of Alarcón-Segovia and Villareal and those of Kasukawa; and exclusion of other connective tissue diseases., Results: The four inclusion criteria were fulfilled by 147 adult Caucasian patients. The female to male ratio was 3.3 and the mean age at diagnosis of adult-onset MCTD was 37.9 years (95% CI 35.3 to 40.4 years). At the end of 2008, the point prevalence of living adult MCTD patients in Norway was 3.8 (95% CI 3.2 to 4.4) per 100,000 adults. The incidence of adult-onset MCTD in Norway during the period from 1996 to 2005 was 2.1 (95% CI 1.7 to 2.5) per million per year., Conclusions: MCTD has a female predominance and the incidence and prevalence of MCTD is low, and lower than reported figures for polymyositis, dermatomyositis, systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. The prevalence estimates were similar across the three criteria sets of MCTD.
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38. Interleukin-15 induces interleukin-17 production by synovial T cell lines from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Halvorsen EH, Strønen E, Hammer HB, Goll GL, Sollid LM, and Molberg O
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- Aged, Cell Line, Cell Separation, Cytokines biosynthesis, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Interleukin-15 immunology, Interleukin-17 immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Synovial Membrane cytology, Arthritis, Rheumatoid immunology, Interleukin-15 metabolism, Interleukin-17 biosynthesis, Synovial Membrane immunology, Th17 Cells immunology
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IL-17-producing T cells (Th17 cells) are believed to contribute to local inflammation and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Limited data exist on Th17 cells located within the inflamed synovial tissue (ST) of patients with RA. Here, we aimed to generate polyclonal T cell lines (TCLs) from the RA ST and assess their cytokine production, including the effects of exogenous IL-15 on IL-17 production in vitro. For five patients with RA, polyclonal TCLs were established from ST obtained by joint surgery. Synovial TCLs were expanded and stimulated by anti-CD3/CD28 microbeads and exogenous cytokines. Cytokine production was assessed by culture supernatant analyses and intracellular flow cytometry, and TCLs were sorted based on their surface expression of CCR6. In addition to IL-17, we detected IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNF-α in the synovial TCL culture supernatants. Exogenous IL-15 increased the production of IL-17 as well as the other cytokines except IFN-γ. For IL-17, this effect was more pronounced after prolonged culture times. Intracellular flow cytometry confirmed the presence of IL-17+ and IL-17+ IFN-γ+ CD4+ T cells in the TCLs. IL-17+ and IL-17+ IFN-γ+ T cells were enriched in the CD4+ CCR6+ population. In conclusion, Th17 cells can be detected after polyclonal expansion and stimulation of RA synovial TCLs generated by joint surgery. The Th17 cells from the RA ST were enriched in the CD4+ CCR6+ population, and they were sensitive to exogenous IL-15. Th17 cells present within the synovial compartment may contribute to the RA pathogenesis and local joint damage., (© 2011 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
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39. Long-term outcome of lung transplantation in a patient with the anti-synthetase syndrome.
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Sem M, Lund MB, and Molberg O
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- Adult, Arthritis immunology, Female, Humans, Lung Diseases, Interstitial immunology, Raynaud Disease immunology, Syndrome, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies blood, Arthritis surgery, Ligases immunology, Lung Diseases, Interstitial surgery, Lung Transplantation, Raynaud Disease surgery
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40. Rituximab treatment of the anti-synthetase syndrome: a retrospective case series.
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Sem M, Molberg O, Lund MB, and Gran JT
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- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived, Creatine Kinase blood, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Respiratory Function Tests, Retrospective Studies, Rituximab, Syndrome, Treatment Outcome, Antibodies, Antinuclear immunology, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Antirheumatic Agents therapeutic use, Lung Diseases, Interstitial drug therapy, Polymyositis drug therapy
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Objective: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the major determinant of morbidity and mortality in the anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS). Here we have retrospectively assessed 11 ASS patients with ILD treated with the anti-CD20 mAB rituximab at our tertiary referral hospital., Methods: Data on clinical and laboratory parameters, lung imaging by high-resolution CT thorax and pulmonary function tests were collected from patient examinations done up to 6 months before rituximab was initiated, and at 3 and 6 months post-treatment., Results: All the 11 ASS patients had severe and progressive ILD and most of them had previously failed on cyclophosphamide and/or other immuno-modulating agents. Rituximab appeared to stabilize and/or improve the ILD in 7 of 11 ASS patients during the first 6 months after treatment. The rituximab treatment appeared to decrease the serum level of anti-Jo-1 antibodies, but the decrease was most often modest. One patient developed a fatal infection 3 months after the last infusion with rituximab. In the other ASS patients, the treatment was well tolerated., Conclusions: This retrospective case series indicates a short-term beneficial effect of rituximab in ASS. Prospective, controlled studies are needed to validate this finding and further assess safety issues.
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41. Expression of SH2D2A in T-cells is regulated both at the transcriptional and translational level.
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Kolltveit KM, Granum S, Aasheim HC, Forsbring M, Sundvold-Gjerstad V, Dai KZ, Molberg O, Schjetne KW, Bogen B, Shapiro VS, Johansen FE, Schenck K, and Spurkland A
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- CD3 Complex immunology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes cytology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes drug effects, Cross-Priming drug effects, Cross-Priming immunology, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Cytoplasm drug effects, Cytoplasm metabolism, Humans, Isoquinolines pharmacology, Models, Immunological, RNA Transport drug effects, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell immunology, Signal Transduction drug effects, Sulfonamides pharmacology, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing genetics, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Protein Biosynthesis drug effects, Transcription, Genetic drug effects
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The T-cell specific adapter protein (TSAd) encoded by the SH2D2A gene is up-regulated in activated human CD4+ T-cells in a cAMP-dependent manner. Expression of SH2D2A is important for proper activation of T-cells. Here, we show that SH2D2A expression is regulated both at the transcriptional and translational level. cAMP signaling alone induces TSAd-mRNA expression but fails to induce increased TSAd protein levels. By contrast, TCR engagement provides signals for both TSAd transcription and translation. We further show that cAMP signaling can prime T-cells for a more prompt expression of TSAd protein upon TCR stimulation. Our study thus points to a novel mechanism for how cAMP signaling may modulate T-cell activation through transcriptional priming of resting cells.
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- 2008
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42. [Can it be celiac disease?].
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Molberg O
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- Dermatitis diagnosis, Dermatitis immunology, Dermatitis pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, GTP-Binding Proteins immunology, Humans, Immunoglobulin A analysis, Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2, Transglutaminases immunology, Celiac Disease diagnosis
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- 2007
43. HLA-DQ2 and -DQ8 signatures of gluten T cell epitopes in celiac disease.
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Tollefsen S, Arentz-Hansen H, Fleckenstein B, Molberg O, Ráki M, Kwok WW, Jung G, Lundin KE, and Sollid LM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 immunology, Dimerization, Epitopes chemistry, Gliadin chemistry, Gliadin genetics, HLA Antigens genetics, HLA Antigens immunology, HLA-DQ Antigens chemistry, Humans, Immunity, Mucosal, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Celiac Disease immunology, HLA-DQ Antigens genetics, T-Lymphocytes immunology
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Celiac disease is associated with HLA-DQ2 and, to a lesser extent, HLA-DQ8. Type 1 diabetes is associated with the same DQ molecules in the opposite order and with possible involvement of trans-encoded DQ heterodimers. T cells that are reactive with gluten peptides deamidated by transglutaminase 2 and invariably restricted by DQ2 or DQ8 can be isolated from celiac lesions. We used intestinal T cells from celiac patients to map DQ2 and DQ8 epitopes within 2 representative gluten proteins, alpha-gliadin AJ133612 and gamma-gliadin M36999. For alpha-gliadin, DQ2- and DQ8-restricted T cells recognized deamidated peptides of 2 separate regions. For gamma-gliadin, DQ2- and DQ8-restricted T cells recognized deamidated peptides of the same region. Some gamma-gliadin peptides were recognized by T cells in the context of DQ2 or DQ8 when bound in exactly the same registers, but with different requirements for deamidation; deamidation at peptide position 4 (P4) was important for DQ2-restricted T cells, whereas deamidation at P1 and/or P9 was important for DQ8-restricted T cells. Peptides combining the DQ2 and DQ8 signatures could be presented by DQ2, DQ8, and trans-encoded DQ heterodimers. Our findings shed light on the basis for the HLA associations in celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.
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- 2006
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44. The effects of atorvastatin on gluten-induced intestinal T cell responses in coeliac disease.
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Ráki M, Molberg O, Tollefsen S, Lundin KE, and Sollid LM
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- Adult, Aged, Antigens, CD metabolism, Apoptosis drug effects, Atorvastatin, Cells, Cultured, Cytokines metabolism, Dendritic Cells drug effects, Dendritic Cells immunology, Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors pharmacology, Immunity, Cellular drug effects, Immunity, Mucosal drug effects, Immunoglobulins metabolism, Intestinal Mucosa immunology, Lymphocyte Activation drug effects, Membrane Glycoproteins metabolism, Middle Aged, Organ Culture Techniques, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Up-Regulation drug effects, CD83 Antigen, Anticholesteremic Agents pharmacology, Celiac Disease immunology, Glutens immunology, Heptanoic Acids pharmacology, Pyrroles pharmacology, T-Lymphocytes drug effects
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Various experimental models suggest that the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins may also modulate immune responses. Cellular level studies on human disorders are needed, however, to provide a rational basis for clinical testing of statins as immune therapy. Coeliac disease, a chronic small intestinal inflammation driven by HLA-DQ2 restricted mucosal T cells that are specific for ingested wheat gluten peptides, is in many ways ideal for this purpose. In addition, there is a need for alternative treatment to the gluten-free diet in this disorder. Here we have assessed the effects of atorvastatin on gluten-reactive T cells, dendritic cells and the coeliac mucosa by in vitro culture of biopsies. Atorvastatin inhibited gluten-induced proliferation and specific cytokine production of human intestinal gluten-reactive T cell clones and lines. Dendritic cells exposed to atorvastatin displayed a reduced expression of the costimulatory molecule CD83 upon maturation with lipopolysaccharide. Incubation of intestinal biopsy specimens with atorvastatin in vitro, however, did not influence gluten-induced cytokine release. In conclusion, atorvastatin has specific effects on isolated gluten-reactive T cells and dendritic cells, but does not shut down the gluten-induced production of proinflammatory cytokines in intestinal biopsies.
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- 2005
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45. Refining the rules of gliadin T cell epitope binding to the disease-associated DQ2 molecule in celiac disease: importance of proline spacing and glutamine deamidation.
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Qiao SW, Bergseng E, Molberg O, Jung G, Fleckenstein B, and Sollid LM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Antigen Presentation, Binding Sites, Celiac Disease genetics, Celiac Disease metabolism, Epitope Mapping, Epitopes chemistry, Epitopes genetics, Epitopes metabolism, Gliadin chemistry, Gliadin genetics, Gliadin metabolism, Glutamine chemistry, Humans, In Vitro Techniques, Molecular Sequence Data, Proline chemistry, Protein Binding, Celiac Disease immunology, Gliadin immunology, HLA-DQ Antigens metabolism, T-Lymphocytes immunology
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Celiac disease is driven by intestinal T cells responsive to proline-rich gluten peptides that often harbor glutamate residues formed by tissue transglutaminase-mediated glutamine conversion. The disease is strongly associated with the HLA variant DQ2.5 (DQA1*05, DQB1*02), and intestinal gluten-reactive T cells from DQ2.5-positive patients are uniquely restricted by this HLA molecule. In this study, we describe the mapping of two novel T cell epitopes of gamma-gliadin and the experimental identification of the DQ2.5 binding register of these and three other gamma-gliadin epitopes. The new data extend the knowledge base for understanding the binding of gluten peptides to DQ2.5. The alignment of the experimentally determined binding registers of nine gluten epitopes reveal positioning of proline residues in positions P1, P3, P6, and P8 but never in positions P2, P4, P7, and P9. Glutamate residues formed by tissue transglutaminase-mediated deamidation are found in position P1, P4, P6, P7, or P9, but only deamidations in positions P4 and P6, and rarely in P7, seem to be crucial for T cell recognition. The majority of these nine epitopes are recognized by celiac lesion T cells when presented by the related but nonassociated DQ2.2 (DQA1*0201, DQB1*02) molecule. Interestingly, the DQ2.2 presentation for most epitopes is less efficient than presentation by the DQ2.5 molecule, and this is particularly prominent for the alpha-gliadin epitopes. Contrary to previous findings, our data do not show selective presentation of DQ2.5 over DQ2.2 for gluten epitopes that carry proline residues at the P3 position.
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46. Tissue transglutaminase-mediated formation and cleavage of histamine-gliadin complexes: biological effects and implications for celiac disease.
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Qiao SW, Piper J, Haraldsen G, Oynebråten I, Fleckenstein B, Molberg O, Khosla C, and Sollid LM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Celiac Disease metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Dendritic Cells immunology, Dendritic Cells metabolism, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte metabolism, Free Radical Scavengers metabolism, GTP-Binding Proteins chemistry, Gliadin chemistry, Glutens metabolism, Histamine chemistry, Histamine Agonists metabolism, Histamine Antagonists metabolism, Humans, Hydrolysis, Interleukin-12 antagonists & inhibitors, Interleukin-8 metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments agonists, Peptide Fragments antagonists & inhibitors, Peptide Fragments metabolism, Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2, Receptors, Histamine H1 metabolism, Receptors, Histamine H2 metabolism, Substrate Specificity, Transglutaminases chemistry, Celiac Disease enzymology, Celiac Disease immunology, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gliadin metabolism, Histamine metabolism, Transglutaminases metabolism
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Celiac disease is an HLA-DQ2-associated disorder characterized by an intestinal T cell response. The disease-relevant T cells secrete IFN-gamma upon recognition of gluten peptides that have been deamidated in vivo by the enzyme tissue transglutaminase (transglutaminase 2 (TG2)). The celiac intestinal mucosa contains elevated numbers of mast cells, and increased histamine secretion has been reported in celiac patients. This appears paradoxical because histamine typically biases T cell responses in the direction of Th2 instead of the Th1 pattern seen in the celiac lesions. We report that histamine is an excellent substrate for TG2, and it can be efficiently conjugated to gluten peptides through TG2-mediated transamidation. Histamine-peptide conjugates do not exert agonistic effects on histamine receptors, and scavenging of biologically active histamine by gluten peptide conjugation can have physiological implications and may contribute to the mucosal IFN-gamma response in active disease. Interestingly, TG2 is able to hydrolyze the peptide-histamine conjugates when the concentrations of substrates are lowered, thereby releasing deamidated gluten peptides that are stimulatory to T cells.
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47. Prolyl endopeptidase-mediated destruction of T cell epitopes in whole gluten: chemical and immunological characterization.
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Marti T, Molberg O, Li Q, Gray GM, Khosla C, and Sollid LM
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- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Chromatography, Liquid, Epitopes metabolism, Gliadin immunology, Glutens analysis, Humans, Mass Spectrometry, Peptides analysis, Prolyl Oligopeptidases, T-Lymphocytes, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte metabolism, Glutens metabolism, Serine Endopeptidases metabolism
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Celiac Sprue is a widely prevalent immune disease of the small intestine induced by dietary gluten intake in genetically susceptible individuals. It has been suggested that prolyl endopeptidases (PEPs) may be useful catalysts for gluten detoxification. We have investigated this hypothesis using food-grade gluten as the target antigen, and a combination of mass spectrometry and patient-derived T cells as quantitative assay systems. Spectrometric characterization of physiologically proteolyzed gluten revealed a number of 10 to 50 residue peptides containing known T cell epitopes involved in Celiac Sprue pathogenesis. Several of these peptides were multivalent, suggesting they may be potent triggers of the inflammatory response to gluten in celiac patients. Treatment of proteolyzed gluten with recombinant bacterial PEP decreased the number of potentially immunostimulatory peptides. Substantially reduced immunogenicity was also quantified in 12 of 14 intestinal polyclonal T cell lines from celiac patients. Kinetic investigations using eight T cell clones showed rapid destruction of alpha-gliadin epitopes, but less complete processing of gamma-gliadin epitopes. Given the difficulty associated with a strict lifelong gluten-exclusion diet, the ability of a single enzyme to greatly reduce the antigenic burden of grocery store gluten reinforces the case for developing oral peptidase therapy against Celiac Sprue.
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- 2005
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48. T cells from celiac disease lesions recognize gliadin epitopes deamidated in situ by endogenous tissue transglutaminase.
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Molberg O, McAdam S, Lundin KE, Kristiansen C, Arentz-Hansen H, Kett K, and Sollid LM
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- Antigen-Presenting Cells immunology, Biopsy, Celiac Disease enzymology, Celiac Disease pathology, Cells, Cultured, Chymotrypsin metabolism, Cystamine pharmacology, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte chemistry, Gliadin chemistry, Gliadin metabolism, Humans, Intestines immunology, Lymphocyte Activation, T-Lymphocytes cytology, Transglutaminases antagonists & inhibitors, Amides metabolism, Celiac Disease immunology, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte immunology, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte metabolism, Gliadin immunology, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Transglutaminases metabolism
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Celiac disease is an HLA-DQ2-associated disorder characterized by intestinal T cell responses to ingested wheat gliadins. Initial studies used gliadin that had been subjected to non-enzymatic deamidation during pepsin/trypsin digestion to enrich for the gliadin-specific T cells in small intestinal celiac biopsies. These T cells recognized synthetic gliadin peptides only after their deamidation in vitro by purified tissue transglutaminase (tTG). However, as these studies used a deamidated antigen for re-stimulation prior to testing for antigen specificity, this raised the possibility that T cells specific for native epitopes had not been expanded in vitro and had thus been overlooked. To address this possibility and to look for more direct evidence that endogenous tTG mediates deamidation of gluten in the celiac lesions, we have here used a minimally deamidated chymotrypsin-digest of gliadin to challenge biopsies and then investigated the specificity of the T cell lines derived from them. Interestingly, these T cell lines only barely responded to the chymotrypsin-digested gliadins, but efficiently recognized the in vitro tTG-treated variants of the same gliadins. Moreover, the addition of a tTG-inhibitor during the gliadin challenge often resulted in T cell lines with abolished or reduced responses to deamidated gliadin. These data demonstrate that DQ2-restricted T cells within adult celiac lesions predominantly recognize deamidated gliadin epitopes that are formed in situ by endogenous tTG.
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- 2001
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49. The intestinal T cell response to alpha-gliadin in adult celiac disease is focused on a single deamidated glutamine targeted by tissue transglutaminase.
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Arentz-Hansen H, Körner R, Molberg O, Quarsten H, Vader W, Kooy YM, Lundin KE, Koning F, Roepstorff P, Sollid LM, and McAdam SN
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- Adult, Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Cell Line, Child, Consensus Sequence, Gliadin chemistry, HLA-DQ Antigens chemistry, HLA-DQ Antigens genetics, HLA-DQ Antigens immunology, Humans, Immunity, Mucosal, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Peptide Fragments pharmacology, Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins pharmacology, Celiac Disease immunology, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gliadin pharmacology, Glutamine, Intestinal Mucosa immunology, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Transglutaminases metabolism
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The great majority of patients that are intolerant of wheat gluten protein due to celiac disease (CD) are human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2(+), and the remaining few normally express HLA-DQ8. These two class II molecules are chiefly responsible for the presentation of gluten peptides to the gluten-specific T cells that are found only in the gut of CD patients but not of controls. Interestingly, tissue transglutaminase (tTG)-mediated deamidation of gliadin plays an important role in recognition of this food antigen by intestinal T cells. Here we have used recombinant antigens to demonstrate that the intestinal T cell response to alpha-gliadin in adult CD is focused on two immunodominant, DQ2-restricted peptides that overlap by a seven-residue fragment of gliadin. We show that tTG converts a glutamine residue within this fragment into glutamic acid and that this process is critical for T cell recognition. Gluten-specific T cell lines from 16 different adult patients all responded to one or both of these deamidated peptides, indicating that these epitopes are highly relevant to disease pathology. Binding studies showed that the deamidated peptides displayed an increased affinity for DQ2, a molecule known to preferentially bind peptides containing negatively charged residues. Interestingly, the modified glutamine is accommodated in different pockets of DQ2 for the different epitopes. These results suggest modifications of anchor residues that lead to an improved affinity for major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and altered conformation of the peptide-MHC complex may be a critical factor leading to T cell responses to gliadin and the oral intolerance of gluten found in CD.
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- 2000
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50. Production of a panel of recombinant gliadins for the characterisation of T cell reactivity in coeliac disease.
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Arentz-Hansen EH, McAdam SN, Molberg O, Kristiansen C, and Sollid LM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Epitope Mapping methods, Gliadin genetics, Gliadin immunology, Humans, Intestine, Small immunology, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Recombinant Proteins biosynthesis, Celiac Disease immunology, Gliadin biosynthesis, T-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology
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Background/aims: Coeliac disease is a chronic intestinal disorder most probably caused by an abnormal immune reaction to wheat gliadin. The identification of the HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 as the molecules responsible for the HLA association in coeliac disease strongly implicates a role for CD4 T cells in disease pathogenesis. Indeed, CD4 T cells specific for gliadin have been isolated from the small intestine of patients with coeliac disease. However, identification of T cell epitopes within gliadin has been hampered by the heterogeneous nature of the gliadin antigen. To aid the characterisation of gliadin T cell epitopes, multiple recombinant gliadins have been produced from a commercial Nordic wheat cultivar., Methods: The alpha-gliadin and gamma-gliadin genes were amplified by polymerase chain reaction from cDNA and genomic DNA, cloned into a pET expression vector, and sequenced. Genes encoding mature gliadins were expressed in Escherichia coli and tested for recognition by T cells., Results: In total, 16 alpha-gliadin genes with complete open reading frames were sequenced. These genes encoded 11 distinct gliadin proteins, only one of which was found in the Swiss-Prot database. Expression of these gliadin genes produced a panel of recombinant alpha-gliadin proteins of purity suitable for use as an antigen for T cell stimulation., Conclusion: This study provides an insight into the complexity of the gliadin antigen present in a wheat strain and has defined a panel of pure gliadin antigens that should prove invaluable for the future mapping of epitopes recognised by intestinal T cells in coeliac disease.
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- 2000
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