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Differential effects of TNFalpha and IL1beta on FLS ...
TNFalpha and IL1beta play a pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis. Both cytokines are known to activate cytokine and metalloproteinase secretion by synovial fibroblasts. In the present study, we wanted to investigate whether TNFalpha and IL1beta displayed differential effects on cultured Fibroblast-like Synovial Cells derived from RA patients. Global gene expression analyses indicated that both cytokines induced similar genes in these cells.
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Differential expression of rituximab responders vs. ...
New and effective therapeutical options are available for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. One of such treatments is rituximab, and chimeric anti-CD20 antibody that selectively depletes the CD20+ B cell subpopulation.Similar to established anti-TNF alpha therapies, there is a subgroup of RA patients that do not experience significant clinical response. Therefore, one of the major necessities in actual RA therapeutical management is to identify reliable predictors of the response to thi...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Differential gene expression in RA synovial biopsies...
TNF antagonists are routinely used in severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who failed conventional DMARD therapy. According to large clinical trials, the three available drugs (adalimumab, infliximab and etanercept) display similar effects in terms of efficacy, tolerability and side effects. These studies also indicate that about 25% of RA patients treated with TNF-antagonists do not display any significant clinical improvement.The aim of this study was to investigate global molecular pa...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Differential gene expression profiles in peripheral ...
The genes had different expression between healthy people and acute myocardial infarction.We aimed to identify the differentially expressed genes involved in acute myocardial infarction in Northeast Chinese Han people.We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression to identify the differentially gene between the patients with acute myocardial infarction and healthy people in Northeast Chinese Han people
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Divergent genome wide transcriptional profiles from ...
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex multi-system autoimmune disease of uncertain etiology. Patients from different ancestral backgrounds demonstrate differences in clinical manifestations and autoantibody profiles. In this study we examined genome-wide transcriptional patterns in major immune cell subsets across different ancestral backgrounds.Methods: Peripheral blood was collected from 21 African-American (AA) and 21 European-American (EA) SLE patients, 5 ...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Dominant Th1 and Minimal Th17 Skewing in Discoid Lup...
Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is the most common skin manifestation of lupus. Despite its high frequency in systemic lupus in addition to cases without extracutaneous manifestations, targeted treatments for DLE are lacking, likely because of a dearth of knowledge of the molecular landscape of DLE skin. Here, we profiled the transcriptome of DLE skin in order to identify signaling pathways and cellular signatures that may be targeted for treatment purposes. Further comparison of the DLE tr...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Down-regulation of Interferon signature in systemic ...
We performed a phase I/II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-escalation study to examine the safety, immunogenicity, and biological effects of active immunization with interferon alpha-Kinoid (IFN-K) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Women 18-50 years of age with mild to moderate SLE were immunized with three (n=10) or four doses (n=9) of 30, 60, 120, 240 microgram IFN-K or saline.Anti-IFNalpha antibodies were detected in all IFN-K-immunized patients. Transcripto...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Down-regulation of Interferon signature in systemic ...
Interferon-alpha Kinoid (IFN-K) is a therapeutic vaccine composed of IFN-alpha2b coupled to a carrier protein. In a phase I/II placebo-controlled trial, we observed that IFN-K significantly decreases the IFN gene signature in whole blood RNA samples from SLE patients (see GSE39088). Here, we analyzed extended follow-up data from IFN-K-treated patients, in terms of persistence of neutralizing anti-IFN± Abs, gene expression profiling and safety.Follow-up analyses in six patients confirmed a sig...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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