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Giavina-Bianchi P, Cua E, Risso K, Mondain V, Vissian A, Joie C, Pouletty P, Gineste P, Ehrlich HJ, Kalil J. ABX464 (obefazimod) for patients with COVID-19 at risk for severe disease: miR-AGE, a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. GLOBAL 2023; 2:100140. [PMID: 37781656 PMCID: PMC10509999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2023.100140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
Background ABX464 (obefazimod) is a small molecule that upregulates a single microRNA (miR-124) in immune cells and reduces the production of various inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Objective We assessed the efficacy and safety of the standard of care (SoC) plus oral obefazimod (SoC plus ABX464), 50 mg once daily, versus the SoC plus placebo for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who are at risk for severe disease. Methods Eligible patients for this phase 2/3 double-blind, placebo-controlled miR-AGE study were randomized (2:1) into 2 groups: SoC-ABX464 (n = 339) and SoC-placebo (n = 170). The primary end point was the percentage of patients who did not require use of high-flow oxygen or invasive or noninvasive mechanical ventilation within 28 days. The safety analyses included patients who had been randomly assigned and had received at least 1 dose of the study treatment. Results At the time of the interim analysis, obefazimod showed no benefit over placebo when added to the SoC; the study enrollment was stopped for futility. The evaluation of the safety of obefazimod in 505 patients showed significantly more treatment-emergent adverse events in the SoC-ABX464 group than in the SoC-placebo group (P = .007). Frequently reported AEs in the SoC-ABX464 group included headache (14.6%), abdominal pain (9.6%), diarrhea (9.0%), back pain (6.9%), and nausea (6.0%). No treatment-related changes in laboratory parameters were reported. Conclusion For patients who have severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and are at risk for severe COVID-19, obefazimod, 50 mg, provided no benefit over placebo when added to the SoC, although it did have a good safety profile (comparable to that reported in many therapeutic areas).
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- Pedro Giavina-Bianchi
- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division, Clinical Medicine Department, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil
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- CHU de Nice - Hôpital Archet 1, Nice, France
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- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division, Clinical Medicine Department, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil
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Xu X, Bai J, Liu K, Xiao L, Qin Y, Gao M, Liu Y. Association of Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders with Bovine Ovarian Follicular Cysts. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3301. [PMID: 37958056 PMCID: PMC10650672 DOI: 10.3390/ani13213301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
After estrus, when mature follicles fail to ovulate, they may further develop to form follicular cysts, affecting the normal function of ovaries, reducing the reproductive efficiency of dairy cows and causing economic losses to cattle farms. However, the key points of ovarian follicular cysts pathogenesis remain largely unclear. The purpose of the current research was to analyze the formation mechanism of ovarian follicular cysts from hormone and gene expression profiles. The concentrations of progesterone (P4), estradiol (E2), insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), leptin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and ghrelin in follicle fluid from bovine follicular cysts and normal follicles were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or 125I-labeled radioimmunoassay (RIA); the corresponding receptors' expression of theca interna cells was tested via quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and the mRNA expression profiling was analyzed via RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). The results showed that the follicular cysts were characterized by significant lower E2, insulin, IGF1 and leptin levels but elevated ACTH and ghrelin levels compared with normal follicles (p < 0.05). The mRNA expressions of corresponding receptors, PGR, ESR1, ESR2, IGF1R, LEPR, IGFBP6 and GHSR, were similarly altered significantly (p < 0.05). RNA-seq identified 2514 differential expressed genes between normal follicles and follicular cysts. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis linked the ovarian steroidogenesis pathway, especially the STAR, 3β-HSD, CYP11A1 and CYP17A1 genes, to the formation of follicular cysts (p < 0.01). These results indicated that hormone metabolic disorders and abnormal expression levels of hormone synthesis pathway genes are associated with the formation of bovine ovarian follicular cysts.
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China; (X.X.); (J.B.); (K.L.); (L.X.); (Y.Q.); (M.G.)
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Ye J, Zhang Y, Cui H, Liu J, Wu Y, Cheng Y, Xu H, Huang X, Li S, Zhou A, Zhang X, Bolund L, Chen Q, Wang J, Yang H, Fang L, Shi C. WEGO 2.0: a web tool for analyzing and plotting GO annotations, 2018 update. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:W71-W75. [PMID: 29788377 PMCID: PMC6030983 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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WEGO (Web Gene Ontology Annotation Plot), created in 2006, is a simple but useful tool for visualizing, comparing and plotting GO (Gene Ontology) annotation results. Owing largely to the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing and the increasing acceptance of GO, WEGO has benefitted from outstanding performance regarding the number of users and citations in recent years, which motivated us to update to version 2.0. WEGO uses the GO annotation results as input. Based on GO's standardized DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structured vocabulary system, the number of genes corresponding to each GO ID is calculated and shown in a graphical format. WEGO 2.0 updates have targeted four aspects, aiming to provide a more efficient and up-to-date approach for comparative genomic analyses. First, the number of input files, previously limited to three, is now unlimited, allowing WEGO to analyze multiple datasets. Also added in this version are the reference datasets of nine model species that can be adopted as baselines in genomic comparative analyses. Furthermore, in the analyzing processes each Chi-square test is carried out for multiple datasets instead of every two samples. At last, WEGO 2.0 provides an additional output graph along with the traditional WEGO histogram, displaying the sorted P-values of GO terms and indicating their significant differences. At the same time, WEGO 2.0 features an entirely new user interface. WEGO is available for free at http://wego.genomics.org.cn.
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- Jia Ye
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China.,University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310013, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, BGI-Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong, 266555, China.,Institute of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK-8000, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China.,Department of Stem Cell Research Institute, Fujian Medical University Stem Cell Research Institute, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, China.,Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China.,Department of Stem Cell Research Institute, Fujian Medical University Stem Cell Research Institute, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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Manchon L, Chebli K, Papon L, Paul C, Garcel A, Campos N, Scherrer D, Ehrlich H, Hahne M, Tazi J. RNA sequencing analysis of activated macrophages treated with the anti-HIV ABX464 in intestinal inflammation. Sci Data 2017; 4:170150. [PMID: 29039845 PMCID: PMC5644369 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA-Seq enables the generation of extensive transcriptome information providing the capability to characterize transcripts (including alternative isoforms and polymorphism), to quantify expression and to identify differential regulation in a single experiment. To reveal the capacity of new anti-HIV ABX464 candidate in modulating the expression of genes, datasets were generated and validated using RNA-seq approach. This comprehensive dataset will be useful to deepen the comprehensive understanding of the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated with mucosal damage in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and subsequent inflammation, providing an opportunity to generate new therapies, diagnoses, and preventive strategies.
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- Laurent Manchon
- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- ABIVAX, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, Cedex 5 34293, France
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- ABIVAX, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, Cedex 5 34293, France
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- ABIVAX, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, Cedex 5 34293, France
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- ABIVAX, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, Cedex 5 34293, France
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- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- IGMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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