Project description:Trial described in Lancet. 2006 Sep 2;368(9538):855-63. Rheumatoid arthritis patients were treated with chaperonin 10, with a dose of 10 mg rCpn10 i.v. twice weekly for 56 days. Blood samples were collected before and after treatment. Microarray analysis described in Hirata et al., Early pregnancy factor, chaperonin 10 and rheumatoid arthritis; the story unravels. J Transl Sci 2018.
Project description:To explore markers which predict the efficacy of abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained before abatacept treatment.
Project description:Identifying gene expression profiles as predictors of a good vs poor response to a combined infliximab/methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Keywords: drug response
Project description:To understand the molecular mechanisms by which methotraxate improves the disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, CD4+ T cells were obtained before and 3month after methotrexate treatment.
Project description:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory joint disease of unknown etiology and pronounced inter-patient heterogeneity. To characterize RA at the molecular level and to uncover key pathomechanisms, we performed whole-genome gene expression analyses. Synovial tissues from rheumatoid arthritis patients were compared to those from osteoarthritis patients and to normal donors. Keywords: disease state analysis
Project description:In 15 patients with rheumatoid arthritis the baseline expression (t=0) of type I IFN-regulated genes was determined in peripheral blood cells (PAXgene) using cDNA-microarrays and compared to levels one month after (t=1) anti-TNF treatment (infliximab). Therefore, we used 43K cDNA microarrays from the Stanford Functional Genomics Facility (http://microarray.org/sfgf/) printed on aminosilane-coated slides containing ~20.000 unique genes. Only one batch of arrays was used for all experiments. First DNA spots were UV-cross linked to the slide using 150-300 mJoules. Sample preparation and microarray hybridization were performed as described previously (1,2). Data storage and filtering was performed using the Stanford Microarray Database (http://genome-www5.stanford.edu//) as described previously. 1. van der Pouw Kraan TC, Wijbrandts CA, van Baarsen LG, Voskuyl AE, Rustenburg F, Baggen JM et al.: Rheumatoid arthritis subtypes identified by genomic profiling of peripheral blood cells: assignment of a type I interferon signature in a subpopulation of patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2007, 66: 1008-1014. 2. van der Pouw Kraan TC, van Baarsen LG, Rustenburg F, Baltus B, Fero M, Verweij CL: Gene expression profiling in rheumatology. Methods Mol Med 2007, 136: 305-327. Abbreviations: - Bnrs are the different patients analyzed - PAX or Paxgene indicates the total RNA was isolated from peripheral blood obtained in PAXgene tubes - CRS: common reference sample: We made a common reference that consisted of a mixture of mRNAs isolated from 11 different cell lines (Perou CM, Jeffrey SS, van de RM et al. Distinctive gene expression patterns in human mammary epithelial cells and breast cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; 96:9212-9217) supplemented with RNA from rheumatoid synovial tissue, fibroblasts, and activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). - PMT: photomultiplier tube: the sensitivity/intensity of the scanner can be adjusted to prevent spot saturation. Compound Based Treatment: anti-TNF (infliximab) reference_design
Project description:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic destructive arthritis. Although helper T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RA, the characteristics of synovium-infiltrating CD4+ T cells are still largely unknown. In this study, we investigated synovium-infiltrating helper T cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Project description:Genome-wide DNA methylation level was studied to determine whether Rheumatoid arthritis patients (cases) has methylation differences comparing to normal controls in PBLs. We used Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array to determine the genome-wide DNA methylation difference in PBLs from Rheumatoid arthritis patients (cases) and normal controls Bisulphite converted DNA from the Rheumatoid arthritis patients (cases) and normal controls were hybridized to the Illumina Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip arrays