Project description:To determine whether gene expression profiles from peripheral whole blood could be used to determine therapeutic outcome in a cohort of children with newly diagnosed polyarticular JIA. 19 samples were obtained from healthy childhood controls and 93 samples from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. For patient samples, they were collected prior to treatment (month 0) or 4 months after treatment.
Project description:Identify biomarkers to predict response to therapy in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using gene expression microarrays.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)/ systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)/ polyarticular type juvenile idiopathic arthritis (polyJIA)/ systemic-onset JIA (sJIA) vs healthy children (HC) and healthy individual (HI).
Project description:Identify biomarkers to predict response to therapy in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using gene expression microarrays. 42 samples from 13 controls, 14 active patients, 9 patients in clinical remission with medication (CRM), and 6 patients in clinical remission without medication (CR). All patients had polyarticular JIA.
Project description:The polyarticular and oligoarticular forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis are classified as distinct entities. At the same time, many children who present with an oligoarticular phenotype eventually evolve to a polyarticular disease pattern, suggesting that the phenotypes might share with overlapping molecular mechanisms. Using gene expression microarrays, we found that 14 genes in neutrophils and 55 genes in PBMC shows common patterns of differential expression when children with active oligoarticular and polyarticular JIA were compared with healthy controls. These results demonstrate that there are commonalities between oligoarticular and polyarticular JIA that suggest overlapping immune mechanisms.
Project description:The polyarticular and oligoarticular forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis are classified as distinct entities. At the same time, many children who present with an oligoarticular phenotype eventually evolve to a polyarticular disease pattern, suggesting that the phenotypes might share with overlapping molecular mechanisms. Using gene expression microarrays, we found that 14 genes in neutrophils and 55 genes in PBMC shows common patterns of differential expression when children with active oligoarticular and polyarticular JIA were compared with healthy controls. These results demonstrate that there are commonalities between oligoarticular and polyarticular JIA that suggest overlapping immune mechanisms. Total RNA was extracted from isolated PBMC and neutrophils from 14 patients with polyarticular JIA and 8 patients with pauciarticular JIA. Total RNA was extracted from neutrophils from 13 healthy controls and from PBMC from 15 healthy controls. Insufficient RNA for microarrays was obtained from neutrophils from two of the healthy controls.
Project description:Association of juvenile spondyloarthritis (jSpA) with the HLA-B27 genotype is well established, but there is little knowledge of other genetic factors with a role in disease development. The aim of the present study was to identify and confirm gene signatures and novel biomarkers in various cohorts of untreated and treated patients diagnosed with jSpA and other forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). DNA microarray gene expression was performed in 11 patients with jSpA and in four healthy controls, along with bioinformatics analysis of retrieved data (DAVID, GSEA, IPA). Total RNA was isolated from whole blood of 45 children with known HLA genotype and diagnosis of jSpA according to ILAR criteria, 11 children with oligo- and polyarticular forms of JIA, as well as 12 age and sex matched control participants without diagnosis of chronic inflammatory disease. Of those 11 patient and 4 controls were utilized in the microarrays experiments, while the rest were used in the follow-up qPCR analyses
Project description:Gene expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from SPARKS CHARMS juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) cohort pre and post methotrexate therapy. This is the first study to our knowledge, to evaluate gene expression profiles in children with JIA before and after MTX, and to analyze genetic variation in differentially expressed genes. We have identified a gene, which may contribute to genetic variability in MTX response in JIA. PBMC were isolated from blood samples taken from 11 patients with JIA pre methotrexate therapy and at 6 months into therapy
