Gene Expression Profiles in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
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ABSTRACT: Lesions of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) showed significant up-regulation of 506 genes and reduced expression of 51 genes. Those most up-regulated are predominantly involved in cell adhesion (e.g. SELE), cell activation (e.g. CD69), and chemotaxis (e.g. CCL2). Twelve independent canonical pathways with p ≤ 0.001 were identified (including intracellular kinase pathways (RAN and JAK/Interferon), cytokine signaling pathways (IL-9, IL10, and IFN), a strong inflammatory response (interferon, IL-9, IL-10, iNOS, and glucocorticoid pathways) and increased cell proliferation (RAN signaling, cell cycle control, and tRNA charging). In addition, cellular functions associated with viral infections were dramatically up-regulated (activation z-score= 5.1; p = 4.97 X 10^-10). We enrolled 8 patients with CIU and 6 healthy controls and obtained 4mm punch biopsies of active lesions and unaffected skin of patients with CIU and of skin from normal controls. Routine histologic evaluation was performed, RNA was isolated and gene expression data was determined using an Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (www.affymetrix.com). Due to technical reasons, the final evaluation included 6 samples of lesional skin, 7 samples of non-lesional skin and 5 samples of normal skin.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Stephen Dreskin
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57178 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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