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Transcription profiling of human CD8 T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vasculitis

ABSTRACT: Autoimmune diseases are common and debilitating, but their severe manifestations could be reduced if biomarkers were available to allow individual tailoring of the potentially toxic immunosuppressive therapy required for their control. Clinically useful biomarkers have been identified using DNA microarrays in cancer but not autoimmunity. We show that transcriptional profiling of purified CD8 T cells, but not unseparated cells, identifies two distinct patient subgroups predicting long-term prognosis in two different autoimmune diseases, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) – associated vasculitis (AAV) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We show that genes defining the poor prognostic group are enriched for genes of the IL7R pathway, TCR signalling and those expressed by memory T cells. Furthermore, the poor prognostic group is associated with an expanded CD8 T cell memory population. These subgroups, which are also found in the normal population and can be identified by measuring expression of only three genes, raise the prospect of individualized therapy and suggest novel potential therapeutic targets in autoimmunity.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Tim Rayner

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-157 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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T-cell exhaustion, co-stimulation and clinical outcome in autoimmunity and infection.

McKinney Eoin F EF Lee James C JC Jayne David R W DR Lyons Paul A PA Smith Kenneth G C KG

Nature 20150629 7562

The clinical course of autoimmune and infectious disease varies greatly, even between individuals with the same condition. An understanding of the molecular basis for this heterogeneity could lead to significant improvements in both monitoring and treatment. During chronic infection the process of T-cell exhaustion inhibits the immune response, facilitating viral persistence. Here we show that a transcriptional signature reflecting CD8 T-cell exhaustion is associated with poor clearance of chron ...[more]

PMID: 26123020

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Transcription profiling of human CD8 T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vasculitis

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T-cell exhaustion, co-stimulation and clinical outcome in autoimmunity and infection.

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