Defining the Nasal Transcriptome in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
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PROVIDER: PRJNA488242 | ENA |
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Project description:Objectives: To determine whether disease processes related to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) are reflected in gene expression profiles of nasal mucosa. Methods: Nasal brushings of the inferior turbinate were obtained from 32 patients with GPA (10 with active nasal disease, 13 with prior nasal disease, 9 with no history of nasal disease) and a composite comparator group with and without inflammatory nasal disease (12 healthy people, 15 with sarcoidosis, 8 with allergic rhinitis). Differential gene expression was assessed between subgroups of GPA and comparators. Results: 339 genes were differentially expressed between the GPA and comparator groups (absolute fold change > 1.5; false discovery rate < 0.05). Top canonical pathways upregulated in nasal brushings from patients with GPA include granulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (p=8.6 E-22), agranulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (p=1.3 E-14), interleukin 10 signaling (3.0 E-11), and TREM1 signaling (9.0 E-11). A set of genes differentially expressed in GPA independent of nasal disease activity status included genes related to epithelial barrier integrity (fibronectin 1, desmosomal proteins) and several matricellular proteins (e.g. osteonectin, osteopontin). Significant overlap of differentially expressed genes was observed between active and prior nasal disease GPA subgroups. Peripheral blood neutrophil and mononuclear gene expression levels associated with GPA were similarly altered in the nasal gene expression profiles of patients with active or prior nasal disease. Conclusions: Profiling the nasal transcriptome in GPA reveals gene expression signatures related to innate immunity, inflammatory cell chemotaxis, extracellular matrix composition, and epithelial barrier integrity. Airway-based expression profiling is feasible and informative in GPA.
2018-08-29 | GSE119136 | GEO
Project description:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are frequently functionally impaired in patients with Granulomatosis with PolyAngiitis (GPA). However, the mechanism underlying their impaired function is unknown. Here, we hypothesized that Treg dysfunction in GPA is due to altered microRNA (miRNA) expression.
2019-09-30 | E-MTAB-8282 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:ObjectiveTo determine whether disease processes related to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) are reflected in gene expression profiles of the nasal mucosa.MethodsNasal brushings of the inferior turbinate were obtained from 32 patients with GPA (10 with active nasal disease, 13 with prior nasal disease, and 9 with no history of nasal disease) and a composite comparator group with and without inflammatory nasal disease (12 healthy people, 15 with sarcoidosis, and 8 with allergic rhinitis). Differential gene expression was assessed between subgroups of GPA and comparators.ResultsA total of 339 genes were differentially expressed between the GPA and comparator groups (absolute fold change >1.5; false discovery rate <0.05). Top canonical pathways up-regulated in nasal brushings from patients with GPA included granulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (P = 8.6(-22) ), agranulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (P = 1.3(-14) ), IL10 signaling (P = 3.0(-11) ), LXR/RXR activation (P = 4.3(-11) ), and TREM1 signaling (P = 9.0(-11) ). A set of genes differentially expressed in GPA independently of nasal disease activity status included genes related to epithelial barrier integrity (fibronectin 1, desmosomal proteins) and several matricellular proteins (e.g., osteonectin, osteopontin). Significant overlap of differentially expressed genes was observed between active and prior nasal disease GPA subgroups. Peripheral blood neutrophil and mononuclear gene expression levels associated with GPA were similarly altered in the nasal gene expression profiles of patients with active or prior nasal disease.ConclusionProfiling the nasal transcriptome in GPA reveals gene expression signatures related to innate immunity, inflammatory cell chemotaxis, extracellular matrix composition, and epithelial barrier integrity. Thus, airway-based expression profiling is feasible and informative in GPA.
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Project description:VCRC Longitudinal Protocol for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's) and Microscopic Polyangiitis - VCRC 5505
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Project description:The pathologic findings and immunologic mechanisms in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) are poorly understood. To characterize pulmonary EGPA’s mechanisms, we examined EGPA paraffin-embedded lung biopsies by immunostaining, RNA sequencing, and reverse transcriptase PCR, compared to normal lung. EGPA lung infiltrates had eosinophils, alveolar macrophages, B and T cells, plasma cells, basophils, and mast cells. Mast cell degranulation was sparse. PhosphoSMAD2 immunostaining suggests TGFβ activity. Using both immunostaining and RNA-sequencing, showed significant increases for both type 2 related genes (CD209, TNFSF14 (induces TGFβ and IL-13)), immunoregulatory genes (FOXP3, CYP27B1 (makes calcitriol), ALOX15 and particularly IGHG4). Regulatory T cells and IgG4 plasma cells with IgG4-containing presumed immune complexes coating macrophages, were strikingly abundant relative to controls. HPGD (metabolizes prostaglandins and other eicosanoids) was substantially decreased. RNA studies also showed increased contents of collagen transcripts, IL13, CCL18, and CCL13. These findings suggest a novel mechanism involving alveolar macrophages, activated by ALOX15-eicosanoid products, making chemokines CCL18 and CCL13 and thus inducing a mixed type 2 plus immunoregulatory immune response. This infiltrate resembles the immune response to an invasive parasite rather than the IgE / mast cell degranulation response to luminal parasites or in asthma and other classic allergies. These findings also suggest new potential treatment targets for EGPA.
2020-01-28 | GSE144302 | GEO
Project description:Pulmonary Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis has IgG4 Plasma Cells and Immunoregulatory Features
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Project description:Transcriptome analysis of naive CD4T cells from Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis(GPA) patients and healthy control (HC)
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Project description:Exploring the microbiota pecularity in stool and biopsies of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) patients
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Project description:ObjectivesPrior studies have suggested a potential link between nasal microbes and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA; Wegener's), but these studies relied on culture-dependent methods. This study comprehensively examined the entire community of nasal microbiota (bacteria and fungi) in participants with GPA compared with healthy controls using deep sequencing methods.Methods16S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer gene sequencing were performed on nasal microbial DNA isolated from nasal swabs of 60 participants with GPA and 41 healthy controls. Alpha and beta diversity were assessed as well as the relative abundance of the most abundant bacterial and fungal taxa. The effects of covariates including disease activity and immunosuppressive therapies on microbial composition were evaluated.ResultsCompared with controls, participants with GPA had a significantly different microbial composition (weighted UniFrac p=0.04) and lower relative abundance of Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis (for both, false discovery rate-corrected p=0.02). Disease activity in GPA was associated with a lower abundance of fungal order Malasseziales compared with participants with GPA in remission (p=0.04) and controls (p=0.01). Use of non-glucocorticoid immunosuppressive therapy was associated with 'healthy' nasal microbiota while participants with GPA who were off immunosuppressive therapy had more dysbiosis (weighted UniFrac p=0.01). No difference in the relative abundance of Staphylococcus aureus was observed between GPA and controls.ConclusionsGPA is associated with an altered nasal microbial composition, at both the bacterial and fungal levels. Use of immunosuppressive therapies and disease remission are associated with healthy microbial communities.
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