RNAseq-based transcriptomics of treatment-naïve multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) demonstrates predominant activation of matrisome, innate and humoral immune pathways

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MIS-C is a rare, highly inflammatory state resembling incomplete Kawasaki disease, temporarily associated with COVID-19. The pathogenesis is not completely known. RNAseq was carried out on whole blood of six treatment-naïve MIS-C patients. This was compared against RNAseq transcriptomics data of five healthy controls (HC), four Kawasaki Disease (KD) and seven systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA). Using PCA, MIS-C clustered separately from HC, KD and sJIA. Amongst the top 50 significant genes in the three comparisons with HC, KD, and sJIA, common genes were: TMCC2, ITGA2B, DMTN, GFI1B, PF4, QSER1, GRAP2, TUBB1. DSEA revealed that maximum number of hits for overexpressed pathways was for NABA matrisome activation when MIS-C was compared against HC. Cytokine stimulated cellular activation pathways, specifically IL-10 were downregulated. MIS-C had more activated pathways of neutrophil degranulation and acquired immune activation but less of coagulation system or heat-shock system involvement as compared to KD. As compared to sJIA, humoral immune response and complements were activated. Matrisome activation was higher, with increased cell-cell interaction and ECM signalling. This analysis revealed novel insights into the pathogenesis of MIS-C, including the potential role of matrisomes, humoral immune system and down-regulated interleukin-10 pathways.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Rheumatology international - (2023) vom: 12. Okt.

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Englisch

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Patnaik, Sibabratta [VerfasserIn]
Mruthyunjaya, Prakashini [VerfasserIn]
Murmu, Krushna Chandra [VerfasserIn]
Mahapatra, Soumendu [VerfasserIn]
Patro, A Raj Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Misra, Ramnath [VerfasserIn]
Pati, Sanghamitra [VerfasserIn]
Prasad, Punit [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Sakir [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Journal Article
MIS-C
Matrisome
Next-generation sequencing
Transcriptomics

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Date Revised 12.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1007/s00296-023-05478-0

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NLM363169369