Molecular signature of neutrophil extracellular trap mediating disease module in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

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The rarity and heterogeneity of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) pose challenges for researching IIM in affected individuals. We analyzed integrated transcriptomic datasets obtained using muscle tissues from patients with five distinct IIM subtypes to investigate the shared and distinctive cellular and molecular characteristics. A transcriptomic dataset of muscle tissues from normal controls (n = 105) and patients with dermatomyositis (n = 89), polymyositis (n = 33), inclusion body myositis (n = 121), immune-mediated necrotizing myositis (n = 75), and anti-synthetase syndrome (n = 18) was used for differential gene-expression analysis, functional-enrichment analysis, gene set-enrichment analysis, disease-module identification, and kernel-based diffusion scoring. Damage-associated molecular pattern-associated pathways and neutrophil-mediated immunity were significantly enriched across different IIM subtypes, although their activities varied. Interferons-signaling pathways were differentially activated across all five IIM subtypes. In particular, neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation was significantly activated and correlated with Fcγ R-mediated signaling pathways. NET formation-associated genes were key for establishing disease modules, and FCGRs, C1QA, and SERPINE1 markedly perturbed the disease modules. Integrated transcriptomic analysis of muscle tissues identified NETs as key components of neutrophil-mediated immunity involved in the pathogenesis of IIM subtypes and, thus, has therapeutically targetable value.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:138

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Journal of autoimmunity - 138(2023) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 103063

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moon, Su-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Seung Min [VerfasserIn]
Baek, In-Woon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Kyung-Su [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ki-Jo [VerfasserIn]

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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Journal Article
Molecular signature
Muscle
Neutrophil

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Date Completed 15.06.2023

Date Revised 15.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103063

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357231287