Project description:About 40% IBD patients treated with anti-TNF antibodies do not respond to therapy. Baseline biomarkers of response are therefore of interest. By combining computational deconvolution of gene expression and meta-analysis approaches we identified cellular biomarkers in tissue (validated in 2 cohorts by IHC of biopsies), and investigated associated gene biomarkers in blood. This dataset provides data from the validation cohort III (blood).
Project description:We used microarrays to identify markers predicting responder status in infliximab treatment in 19 rheumatoid arthritis and 20 Crohn's disease patients at week 0 and week 2 of treatment.
Project description:We used microarrays to identify markers predicting responder status in infliximab treatment in 19 rheumatoid arthritis and 20 Crohn's disease patients at week 0 and week 2 of treatment. Peripheral blood samples were obtained at week 0 and week 2 of inxliximab treatment and global gene expression profiling identified markers of responder status.
Project description:We used microarrays to identify mucosal gene signatures predictive of response to infliximab (IFX) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to gain more insight into the pathogenesis of IBD. Keywords: drug response and treatment effect Mucosal biopsies were obtained at endoscopy in actively inflamed mucosa from 61 IBD patients (24 ulcerative colitis (UC), 19 Crohnâs colitis (CDc) and 18 Crohnâs ileitis (CDi)), refractory to corticosteroids and/or immunosuppression, before and 4-6 weeks after (except for 1 CDc patient) their first infliximab infusion and in normal mucosa from 12 control patients (6 colon and 6 ileum). The patients were classified for response to infliximab based on endoscopic and histologic findings at 4-6 weeks after first infliximab treatment. Total RNA was isolated from intestinal mucosal biopsies, labelled and hybridized to Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Arrays.
Project description:Infliximab (IFX) has been reported as the further therapy in intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG)-resistant Kawasaki disease (KD) patients. IFX is a monoclonal antibody that blocks the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, but how IFX affect KD vasculitis is unknown. We investigated expression profiling of whole blood cells to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the effectiveness of IFX therapy and to find characteristic biomarker and an important target in refractory KD. Methods: Refractory KD patients who failed to respond to repeated intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG) infusions had received a single infusion of IFX as third therapy. To validate specifically transcripts abundance for IFX therapy, we detected the altered transcripts expression and signaling pathways of whole blood mRNA in these IFX-responsive patients (n=8) using Affymetrix array, comparing initial IVIG-responsive patients (n=6).Results: A total of 1,388 transcripts abundance were significantly altered before and after IFX treatment. These transcripts abundance in IFX had Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain pathway that play a role in activation of NFκB and IL-1 signaling pathway outside the field of TNF-α signaling pathway. Fifty transcripts including Peptidase inhibitor-3 (PI3), Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP8), Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-2 (CCR2) and Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) were significantly down-regulated in IFX. Conclusion: We demonstrated that the inhibition of TNF-α by IFX have affected various molecular mechanism materially for IVIG-resistant KD patients. 28 samples of pre- and post-treatment in IFX-responsive patients (n=8) and IVIG-responsive patients (n=6).
Project description:We sought to find a gene-expression multigene predictor of response to infliximab therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients. Using internal and external cross-validation systems we have built and validated an 8-gene predictor for response to infliximab.
Project description:<h4><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> One-third of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients show no response to infliximab (IFX) induction therapy, and approximately half of patients responding become unresponsive over time. Thus, identification of potential treatment response biomarkers are of great clinical significance. This study employs spectroscopy-based metabolic profiling of serum from patients with IBD treated with IFX and healthy subjects (1) to substantiate the use of spectroscopy as a semi-invasive diagnostic tool, (2) to identify potential biomarkers of treatment response and (3) to characterise the metabolic changes during management of patients with tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors.</h4><h4><strong>METHODS:</strong> Successive serum samples collected during IFX induction treatment (weeks 0, 2, 6 and 14) from 87 IBD patients and 37 controls were analysed by <sup>1</sup>H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Data were analysed with principal components analysis and orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis using SIMCA-P+ v12 and MATLAB.</h4><h4><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Metabolic profiles were significantly different between active ulcerative colitis and controls, active Crohn's disease and controls, and quiescent Crohn's disease and controls. Metabolites holding differential power belonged primarily to lipids and phospholipids with proatherogenic characteristics and metabolites in the pyruvate metabolism, suggestive of an intense inflammation-driven energy demand. IBD patients not responding to IFX were identified as a potentially distinct group based on their metabolic profile, although no applicable response biomarkers could be singled out in the current setting.</h4><h4><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectroscopy of serum samples is a powerful semi-invasive diagnostic tool in flaring IBD. With its use, we provide unique insights into the metabolic changes taking place during induction treatment with IFX. Of distinct clinical relevance is the identification of a reversible proatherogenic lipid profile in IBD patients with active disease, which partially explains the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with IBD.</h4>
Project description:RNA sequencing for endoscopic biopsy tissue samples from controls (jejunum [S170], n=1; ileum [SN2], n=1) and patients with Crohn's disease (jejunum [non-inflamed area, A2/L2+L4/B2, infliximab maintenance therapy, S93], n=1; ileum, [non-inflamed area, A2/L2/B2, infliximab maintenance therapy, S95], n=1). Organoid culture was performed using intestinal crypts derived from these specimens, as described previously (Sato et al. Nature 2009; 459: 262–265]. Organoids were sub-cultured at least 6 passages. RNA sequencing was conducted for organoids on day 3, day 6, and day 9 [S170 and S93], and organoids treated with TNFɑ 30 ng/ml on day 3, day 6, and day 9 [S170 and S93]. RNA sequencing was conducted for organoids on day 6 and day 9 [N2 and S95], and organoids treated with TNFɑ 30 ng/ml on day 6 and day 9.
Project description:Infliximab (IFX) has been reported as the further therapy in intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG)-resistant Kawasaki disease (KD) patients. IFX is a monoclonal antibody that blocks the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, but how IFX affect KD vasculitis is unknown. We investigated expression profiling of whole blood cells to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the effectiveness of IFX therapy and to find characteristic biomarker and an important target in refractory KD. Methods: Refractory KD patients who failed to respond to repeated intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG) infusions had received a single infusion of IFX as third therapy. To validate specifically transcripts abundance for IFX therapy, we detected the altered transcripts expression and signaling pathways of whole blood mRNA in these IFX-responsive patients (n=8) using Affymetrix array, comparing initial IVIG-responsive patients (n=6).Results: A total of 1,388 transcripts abundance were significantly altered before and after IFX treatment. These transcripts abundance in IFX had Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain pathway that play a role in activation of NFκB and IL-1 signaling pathway outside the field of TNF-α signaling pathway. Fifty transcripts including Peptidase inhibitor-3 (PI3), Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP8), Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-2 (CCR2) and Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) were significantly down-regulated in IFX. Conclusion: We demonstrated that the inhibition of TNF-α by IFX have affected various molecular mechanism materially for IVIG-resistant KD patients.