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Hongyao HE, Chun JI, Xiaoyan G, Fangfang L, Jing Z, Lin Z, Pengxiang Z, Zengchun L. Associative gene networks reveal novel candidates important for ADHD and dyslexia comorbidity. BMC Med Genomics 2023; 16:208. [PMID: 37667328 PMCID: PMC10478365 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01502-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is commonly associated with developmental dyslexia (DD), which are both prevalent and complicated pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders that have a significant influence on children's learning and development. Clinically, the comorbidity incidence of DD and ADHD is between 25 and 48%. Children with DD and ADHD may have more severe cognitive deficiencies, a poorer level of schooling, and a higher risk of social and emotional management disorders. Furthermore, patients with this comorbidity are frequently treated for a single condition in clinical settings, and the therapeutic outcome is poor. The development of effective treatment approaches against these diseases is complicated by their comorbidity features. This is often a major problem in diagnosis and treatment. In this study, we developed bioinformatical methodology for the analysis of the comorbidity of these two diseases. As such, the search for candidate genes related to the comorbid conditions of ADHD and DD can help in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the comorbid condition, and can also be useful for genotyping and identifying new drug targets. RESULTS Using the ANDSystem tool, the reconstruction and analysis of gene networks associated with ADHD and dyslexia was carried out. The gene network of ADHD included 599 genes/proteins and 148,978 interactions, while that of dyslexia included 167 genes/proteins and 27,083 interactions. When the ANDSystem and GeneCards data were combined, a total of 213 genes/proteins for ADHD and dyslexia were found. An approach for ranking genes implicated in the comorbid condition of the two diseases was proposed. The approach is based on ten criteria for ranking genes by their importance, including relevance scores of association between disease and genes, standard methods of gene prioritization, as well as original criteria that take into account the characteristics of an associative gene network and the presence of known polymorphisms in the analyzed genes. Among the top 20 genes with the highest priority DRD2, DRD4, CNTNAP2 and GRIN2B are mentioned in the literature as directly linked with the comorbidity of ADHD and dyslexia. According to the proposed approach, the genes OPRM1, CHRNA4 and SNCA had the highest priority in the development of comorbidity of these two diseases. Additionally, it was revealed that the most relevant genes are involved in biological processes related to signal transduction, positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoters, chemical synaptic transmission, response to drugs, ion transmembrane transport, nervous system development, cell adhesion, and neuron migration. CONCLUSIONS The application of methods of reconstruction and analysis of gene networks is a powerful tool for studying the molecular mechanisms of comorbid conditions. The method put forth to rank genes by their importance for the comorbid condition of ADHD and dyslexia was employed to predict genes that play key roles in the development of the comorbid condition. The results can be utilized to plan experiments for the identification of novel candidate genes and search for novel pharmacological targets.
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- H E Hongyao
- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China.
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- Medical College of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China.
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Choudhary S, Khan NS, Verma R, Saxena P, Singh H, Jain AK, Thomas G, Pradhan D, Kumar N. Exploring the molecular underpinning of psoriasis and its associated comorbidities through network approach: cross talks of genes and pathways. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:130. [PMID: 37064002 PMCID: PMC10102268 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03533-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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Patients with psoriasis often complain of several linked disorders including autoimmune and cardiometabolic diseases. Understanding of molecular link between psoriasis and associated comorbidities would be of great interest at the point of patient care management. Integrative unbiased network approach, indicates significant unidirectional gene overlap between psoriasis and its associated comorbid condition including obesity (31 upregulated and 26 downregulated), ischemic stroke (14 upregulated and 2 downregulated), dyslipidaemia (5 upregulated, 5 downregulated), atherosclerosis (8 upregulated and 1 downregulated) and type II diabetes (5 upregulated, 5 downregulated). The analysis revealed substantial gene sharing among the different psoriasis-associated comorbidities. Molecular comorbidity index determining the strength of the interrelation between psoriasis and its comorbidities indicates prevalence of dyslipidaemia followed by type II diabetes among psoriasis patients. The Jaccard coefficient indices revealed psoriasis shared maximum number of biological pathways with dyslipidaemia followed by type 2 diabetes, ischemic stroke, obesity and atherosclerosis. Moreover, pathway annotation highlighted nearly 45 shared pathways amongst psoriasis and its comorbidities and a substantial number of shared pathways was found among multi-morbidities. Overall, the present study established conceivable link between psoriasis and comorbid diseases. The shared genes and overlapped pathways may be explored as a common productive target for psoriasis and its comorbid conditions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03533-y.
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- Saumya Choudhary
- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211007 India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- ICMR-AIIMS Computational Genomics Centre (ISRM) Division, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211007 India
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- ICMR-AIIMS Computational Genomics Centre (ISRM) Division, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, 110029 India
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Paradoxical Reactions to Anti-TNFα and Anti-IL-17 Treatment in Psoriasis Patients: Are Skin and/or Gut Microbiota Involved? Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2023; 13:911-933. [PMID: 36929119 DOI: 10.1007/s13555-023-00904-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated, inflammatory disease primarily affecting the skin. It is currently coming to light that patients with psoriasis have disrupted intestinal barrier and often suffer from comorbidities associated with the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, there is growing evidence of both cutaneous and intestinal paradoxical reactions during biologic treatment in patients with psoriasis. This review focuses on barrier defects and changes in immune responses in patients with psoriasis, which play an important role in the development of the disease but are also influenced by modern biological treatments targeting IL-17 and TNFα cytokines. Here, we highlight the relationship between the gut-skin axis, microbiota, psoriasis treatment, and the incidence of paradoxical reactions, such as inflammatory bowel disease in patients with psoriasis. A better understanding of the interconnection of these mechanisms could lead to a more personalized therapy and lower the incidence of treatment side effects, thereby improving the quality of life of the affected patients.
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Kampe T, Dorko E, Rimárová K, Houžvičková A, Baloghová J, Baranová Z, Madleňák M, Rohoň I. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis. Cent Eur J Public Health 2022; 30:S05-S10. [PMID: 35841218 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The main goal of the study was to describe the demographic, epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of a monitored group of patients with psoriasis to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities and to define the cardiovascular risk profile. METHODS One hundred and ninety outpatients aged over 18 were included in the prospective observational cross-sectional study. Demographic and clinical data were obtained from patients. The severity of psoriasis was evaluated using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). The results of laboratory testing were identified based on patient health records. RESULTS Based on an evaluation of psoriasis phenotypes, 150 patients (78.95%) suffered from plaque psoriasis, 18 (9.5%) from palmoplantar psoriasis, 11 (5.8%) from guttate psoriasis, 6 (3.2%) from generalized pustular psoriasis, and 5 (2.6%) from erythrodermic psoriasis. The personal medical history discovered the occurrence of arterial hypertension in 83 patients (43.7%), the occurrence of depression in 49 patients (25.8%), type 2 diabetes in 29 patients (15.3%), and dyslipidaemia in 48 patients (25.3%). CONCLUSION It is noteworthy that psoriasis may be demonstrated as a multi-system disease which does not only affect the skin and its adnexa. The association of psoriasis with comorbidities may significantly increase morbidity and total mortality as well as the demands for health care provision.
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- Tomáš Kampe
- Department of Dermatovenerology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University and Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Dermatovenerology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University and Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Dermatovenerology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University and Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Dermatovenerology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Martin, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Dermatovenerology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Martin, Slovak Republic
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Potential Differences in the Cardiometabolic Risk Profile of Patients with Psoriatic Disease according to Their HLA-C
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06 Status. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:1451193. [PMID: 35127937 PMCID: PMC8813215 DOI: 10.1155/2022/1451193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The human leukocyte antigen-C∗06 (HLA-C∗06, formerly HLA-Cw6) is the main genetic biomarker in psoriatic disease. It has been related to several phenotypic traits in psoriatic disease, but its role in relation to cardiometabolic comorbidities is unknown at present. Here, we analyze the potential connections between this biomarker and the cardiometabolic profile of these patients. We carried out a cross-sectional observational study including 400 patients recruited at a single university hospital. Clinical and classical cardiometabolic factors were compared between HLA-C∗06-positive and HLA-C∗06-negative individuals (OR with 95% CI). Multivariate regression analyses were carried out to check for disease traits associated with different cardiometabolic risk factors. The study population included 215 men (53.8%) and 185 women (46.2%), mean age of 46 ± 15 years, and an average disease evolution of 17 ± 12.6 years. Ninety-three (23.3%) patients met CASPAR criteria for psoriatic arthritis. HLA-C∗06 carriers (n: 160, 40%) showed an earlier age at disease onset, psoriasis family history, and more severe skin disease (type I disease). After correcting for age, sex, and disease duration, they also showed less hypertension (13.8% vs. 24.2%, OR 0.7 (95% CI: 0.42-0.78), p = 0.025), lower waist circumference (94.4 ± 13.7 vs. 98.3 ± 13.8 cm), and lower BMI (27 ± 4.4 vs. 28.1 ± 4.8, p < 0.05). We confirmed the well-known association between HLA-C∗06 and type I psoriatic disease. As a novel finding, patients carrying HLA-C∗06 showed a better cardiometabolic profile. In any case, these findings need further confirmation.
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Gao J, Shen X, Ko R, Huang C, Shen C. Cognitive Process of Psoriasis and Its Comorbidities: From Epidemiology to Genetics. Front Genet 2021; 12:735124. [PMID: 34899832 PMCID: PMC8662384 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.735124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects approximately 2% of the population all over the world. Comorbidities of PsO have increasingly garnered more interest in the past decades. Compared with the normal population, the incidences of comorbidities are higher among patients with PsO. In the last 20 years, researchers have focused on studying the genetic components of PsO, and genetic associations between PsO and its comorbidities were elucidated. This review provides an in-depth understanding and summarization of the connection between PsO and its comorbidities from the perspectives of epidemiology and genetics. Further understanding of PsO and its comorbidities will promote research on the pathogenesis, drug development, novel therapy methods, and personalized and precision treatment of PsO and its comorbidities.
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- Jing Gao
- Department of Dermatology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Translational Medicine of Dermatology, Shenzhen Peking University-the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Translational Medicine of Dermatology, Shenzhen Peking University-the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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Queiro R, Coto P, González-Lara L, Coto E. Genetic Variants of the NF-κB Pathway: Unraveling the Genetic Architecture of Psoriatic Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222313004. [PMID: 34884808 PMCID: PMC8657577 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222313004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Psoriasis is a multifactorial genetic disease for which the genetic factors explain about 70% of disease susceptibility. Up to 30–40% of psoriasis patients develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA). However, PsA can be considered as a “disease within a disease”, since in most cases psoriasis is already present when joint complaints begin. This has made studies that attempt to unravel the genetic basis for both components of psoriatic disease enormously difficult. Psoriatic disease is also accompanied by a high burden of comorbid conditions, mainly of the cardiometabolic type. It is currently unclear whether these comorbidities and psoriatic disease have a shared genetic basis or not. The nuclear factor of kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) is a transcription factor that regulates a plethora of genes in response to infection, inflammation, and a wide variety of stimuli on several cell types. This mini-review is focused on recent findings that highlight the importance of this pathway both in the susceptibility and in the determinism of some features of psoriatic disease. We also briefly review the importance of genetic variants of this pathway as biomarkers of pharmacological response. All the above may help to better understand the etiopathogenesis of this complex entity.
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- Rubén Queiro
- Rheumatology & ISPA Translational Immunology Division, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Oviedo University School of Medicine, 33011 Oviedo, Spain;
- Correspondence:
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- Dermatology Division, Hospital Vital Alvarez Buylla, 33611 Mieres, Spain;
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- Dermatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France;
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- Department of Medicine, Oviedo University School of Medicine, 33011 Oviedo, Spain;
- Molecular Genetics Unit, Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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Network Medicine-Based Analysis of Association Between Gynecological Cancers and Metabolic and Hormonal Disorders. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2021; 194:323-338. [PMID: 34822059 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-021-03743-1] [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: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Different metabolic and hormonal disorders like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have tangible socio-economic impact. Prevalence of these metabolic and hormonal disorders is steadily increasing among women. There are clinical evidences that these physiological conditions are related to the manifestation of different gynecological cancers and their poor prognosis. The relationship between metabolic and hormonal disorders with gynecological cancers is quite complex. The need for gene level association study is extremely important to find markers and predicting risk factors. In the current work, we have selected metabolic disorders like T2DM and obesity, hormonal disorder PCOS, and 4 different gynecological cancers like endometrial, uterine, cervical, and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The gene list was downloaded from DisGeNET database (v 6.0). The protein interaction network was constructed using HIPPIE (v 2.2) and shared proteins were identified. Molecular comorbidity index and Jaccard coefficient (degree of similarity) between the diseases were determined. Pathway enrichment analysis was done using ReactomePA and significant modules (clusters in a network) of the constructed network was analyzed by MCODE plugin of Cytoscape. The comorbid conditions like PCOS-obesity found to increase the risk factor of ovarian and triple negative breast cancers whereas PCOS alone has highest contribution to the endometrial cancer. Different gynecological cancers were found to be differentially related to the metabolic/hormonal disorders and comorbid condition.
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Kisipan ML, Ojoo RO, Kanui TI, Abelson KSP. Imiquimod does not elicit inflammatory responses in the skin of the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber). BMC Res Notes 2020; 13:416. [PMID: 32891181 PMCID: PMC7487461 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05260-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) has recently attracted interest in biomedical research due to its exceptional longevity, cancer resistance and tolerance to potentially harmful conditions or stimuli. Given its unique attributes, this study was designed to characterize inflammatory skin reactions of this animal to topical application of imiquimod, a toll-like receptor 7 and 8 agonist that triggers psoriasis-like skin reaction. Results Imiquimod did not cause the expected psoriasis-like skin changes. There was no epidermal thickening and a straight epidermo-dermal boundary was maintained. There was no parakeratosis and the granular layer of epidermis was well formed. In the dermis, there was no leukocyte infiltration. This points to an exceptional nature of inflammatory/immune responses of this animal, but the mechanism could not be explained by our results. Naked mole rat could be a valuable negative model for studying psoriasis and other inflammatory skin conditions but as a prerequisite, there is need for further investigations to establish the mechanisms behind its lack of response to imiquimod.
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- Mosiany Letura Kisipan
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology, Egerton University, Egerton, P.O. Box 536, Nakuru, 20115, Kenya. .,Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170, Kitui, 90200, Kenya
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Naderi R, Saadati Mollaei H, Elofsson A, Hosseini Ashtiani S. Using Micro- and Macro-Level Network Metrics Unveils Top Communicative Gene Modules in Psoriasis. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11080914. [PMID: 32785106 PMCID: PMC7464240 DOI: 10.3390/genes11080914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Psoriasis is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory disorder of the skin, with significant morbidity, characterized by hyperproliferation of the epidermis. Even though psoriasis’ etiology is not fully understood, it is believed to be multifactorial, with numerous key components. (2) Methods: In order to cast light on the complex molecular interactions in psoriasis vulgaris at both protein–protein interactions and transcriptomics levels, we studied a set of microarray gene expression analyses consisting of 170 paired lesional and non-lesional samples. Afterwards, a network analysis was conducted on the protein–protein interaction network of differentially expressed genes based on micro- and macro-level network metrics at a systemic level standpoint. (3) Results: We found 17 top communicative genes, all of which were experimentally proven to be pivotal in psoriasis, which were identified in two modules, namely the cell cycle and immune system. Intra- and inter-gene interaction subnetworks from the top communicative genes might provide further insight into the corresponding characteristic interactions. (4) Conclusions: Potential gene combinations for therapeutic/diagnostics purposes were identified. Moreover, our proposed workflow could be of interest to a broader range of future biological network analysis studies.
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- Reyhaneh Naderi
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 1684613114, Iran;
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- Department of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran 1916893813, Iran;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +46-762623644
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Nanda H, Ponnusamy N, Odumpatta R, Jeyakanthan J, Mohanapriya A. Exploring genetic targets of psoriasis using genome wide association studies (GWAS) for drug repurposing. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:43. [PMID: 31988837 PMCID: PMC6954159 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-2038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease causing itching in the body and pain in the joints. Currently, no permanent cure is available at a commercial level for this disease. Genome wide association studies (GWAS) provide a deeper insight that helps in better understanding this disease and further possible cure of this disease. The major goal of the present study is to identify potent genetic targets of psoriasis disease using GWAS approach and identify drugs for repurposing. The methods used include GWAS catalogue, GeneAnalytics, canSAR protein annotation tool, VarElect, Drug bank, Proteomics database, ProTox software. By exploring GWAS catalogue, 126 psoriasis associated genes (PAG) were identified. 68 genes found to be druggable were obtained from canSAR protein annotation tool. Localization results depict that maximum genes are present in cytoplasmic cellular components. The superpathways obtained from GeneAnalytics resulted in involvement of these genes in the immune system, Jak/Stat pathway, Th17 and Wnt pathways. Two genes Interleukin 13 (IL13) and POLI are Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved targets. Small compounds for these targets were analysed for drug-likeliness, toxicity and mutagenecity properties. The FDA approved drug pandel was found to possess desirable properties. The medications used for psoriasis causes mild to severe side effects and does not work well always. Hence we propose drug repurposing strategy to use existing drugs for new therapies. Therefore, the drug pandel could be explored further and repurposed to treat psoriasis.
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- Harshit Nanda
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu 630004 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014 India
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[Influence of nutrition, common autoimmune diseases and smoking on the incidence of foot mycoses]. Hautarzt 2019; 70:581-593. [PMID: 31172201 DOI: 10.1007/s00105-019-4441-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Foot mycoses, including onychomycoses, are worldwide infectious diseases. As part of a regional survey using randomly selected residents of in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, we investigated the impact of dietary habits, the presence of most frequent autoimmune diseases and current smoking on fungal skin infections in order to reveal potential new risk factors to elucidate potential preventive interventions. OBJECTIVES The identification of potential new factors that influence the development of mycosis was performed in order to derive possible preventive measures. METHODS In the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) in Mecklengburg-Western Pomerania, 2523 inhabitants were examined for mycotic lesions and asked about nutritional habits, the presence of atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, psoriasis and smoking habits. RESULTS In all, 8% of probands were diagnosed with mycosis, 6.5% onychomycosis, 3.7% tinea pedis and 0.2% tinea corporis. Psoriasis, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis and frequent consumption of cooked potatoes, oatmeal and corn flakes, cereals, pasta and rice were significantly associated with tinea pedis. Onychomycosis was positively associated with consumption of cooked potatoes. Cigarette consumption proved protective for tinea pedis and dermatophyte colonization. CONCLUSIONS The autoimmune disorders psoriasis and atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis seem to predispose to foot mycosis. Recalcitrant mycosis should raise the question of diets high in carbohydrates. Nicotine abuse seems to protect against skin mycosis and colonization.
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Stylianaki EA, Karpouzis A, Tripsianis G, Veletza S. Assessment of Gap Junction Protein Beta-2 rs3751385 Gene Polymorphism in Psoriasis Vulgaris. J Clin Med Res 2019; 11:642-650. [PMID: 31523338 PMCID: PMC6731047 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr3845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Gap junction protein beta 2 (GJB2) upregulation in psoriasis transcriptome analysis as well as connexin 26 (Cx26, encoded by GJB2) expression upregulation in psoriatic plaques has already been substantiated. GJB2 rs72474224 and rs3751385 have been correlated with psoriasis vulgaris incidence in Chinese populations. Here we study the effect of rs3751385 in patients suffering from psoriasis vulgaris in a Caucasian Greek population at the prefecture of Thrace in Northern Greece. Methods One hundred and seventy-three (111 males and 62 females) psoriatic patients (108 were of early-onset psoriasis) and 171 matched controls were included in the study. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and genotyping was carried out by polymerase chain reaction-restriction-fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Results A statistically significant lower frequency of C/T genotype in late-onset male psoriasis vulgaris (P = 0.029) as well as of T allele in female early-onset psoriasis vulgaris (P = 0.049) were ascertained. Conclusions On condition that all other genetic or environmental factors remain stable, the existence and possible interaction between GJB2 rs3751385 C and T alleles in male psoriatic patients may be considered as protective gene component against late-onset psoriasis appearance, while presence of the T allele in female might block the histogenetic mechanisms of early-onset psoriasis lesions.
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- Elli-Anna Stylianaki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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Zhang LJ. Type1 Interferons Potential Initiating Factors Linking Skin Wounds With Psoriasis Pathogenesis. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1440. [PMID: 31293591 PMCID: PMC6603083 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin disease that can often be triggered upon skin injury, known as Koebner phenomenon. Type 1 interferons (IFNα and IFNβ), key cytokines that activate autoimmunity during viral infection, have been suggested to play an indispensable role in initiating psoriasis during skin injury. Type 1 IFN-inducible gene signature has been identified as one of the major upregulated gene signatures in psoriatic skin. Type 1 IFNs treatments often directly induce or exacerbate psoriasis, whereas blocking type 1 IFNs signaling pathway in animal models effectively inhibits the development of T cell-mediated skin inflammation and psoriasis-like inflammatory diseases. Epidermal keratinocytes (KCs) occupy the outermost position in the skin and are the first responder to skin injury. Skin injury rapidly induces IFNβ from KCs and IFNα from dermal plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) through distinct mechanisms. Host antimicrobial peptide LL37 potentiates double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) immune pathways in keratinocytes and single-stranded RNA or DNA pathways in pDCs, leading to production of distinct type 1 IFN genes. IFNβ from KC promotes dendritic cell maturation and the subsequent T cell proliferation, contributing to autoimmune activation during skin injury and psoriasis pathogenesis. Accumulating evidences have indicated an important role of this dsRNA immune pathway in psoriasis pathogenesis. Together, this review describes how skin injury induces type 1 IFNs from skin cells and how this may initiate autoimmune cascades that trigger psoriasis. Targeting keratinocytes or type 1 IFNs in combination with T cell therapy may result in more sustainable effect to treat auto-inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis.
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- Ling-Juan Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.,Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Chang J, Sarkar IN. Using Unsupervised Clustering to Identify Pregnancy Co-Morbidities. AMIA JOINT SUMMITS ON TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS. AMIA JOINT SUMMITS ON TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2019; 2019:305-314. [PMID: 31258983 PMCID: PMC6568081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Absent a priori knowledge, unsupervised techniques identify meaningful clusters that can form the basis for subsequent analyses. This study explored the problem of inferring comorbidity-based profiles of complex diseases through unsupervised clustering methodologies. This study first considered the K-Modes algorithm, followed by, the self organizing map (SOM) technique to extract co-morbidity based clusters from a healthcare discharge dataset. After validation of general cluster composition for diabetes mellitus, co-morbidity based clusters were identified for pregnancy. The SOM technique was found to infer distinct clusterings of pregnancy ranging from normal birth to preterm birth, and potentially interesting comorbidities that could be validated by published literature The promising results suggest that the SOM technique is a valuable unsupervised clustering method for discovering co-morbidity based clusters.
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- Jonathan Chang
- Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI
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Stehlikova Z, Kostovcik M, Kostovcikova K, Kverka M, Juzlova K, Rob F, Hercogova J, Bohac P, Pinto Y, Uzan A, Koren O, Tlaskalova-Hogenova H, Jiraskova Zakostelska Z. Dysbiosis of Skin Microbiota in Psoriatic Patients: Co-occurrence of Fungal and Bacterial Communities. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:438. [PMID: 30949136 PMCID: PMC6437110 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, whose pathogenesis involves dysregulated interplay among immune cells, keratinocytes and environmental triggers, including microbiota. Bacterial and fungal dysbiosis has been recently associated with several chronic immune-mediated diseases including psoriasis. In this comprehensive study, we investigated how different sampling sites and methods reflect the uncovered skin microbiota composition. After establishing the most suitable approach, we further examined correlations between bacteria and fungi on the psoriatic skin. We compared microbiota composition determined in the same sample by sequencing two distinct hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene. We showed that using the V3V4 region led to higher species richness and evenness than using the V1V2 region. In particular, genera, such as Staphylococcus and Micrococcus were more abundant when using the V3V4 region, while Planococcaceae, on the other hand, were detected only by the V1V2 region. We performed a detailed analysis of skin microbiota composition of psoriatic lesions, unaffected psoriatic skin, and healthy control skin from the back and elbow. Only a few discriminative features were uncovered, mostly specific for the sampling site or method (swab, scraping, or biopsy). Swabs from psoriatic lesions on the back and the elbow were associated with increased abundance of Brevibacterium and Kocuria palustris and Gordonia, respectively. In the same samples from psoriatic lesions, we found a significantly higher abundance of the fungus Malassezia restricta on the back, while Malassezia sympodialis dominated the elbow mycobiota. In psoriatic elbow skin, we found significant correlation between occurrence of Kocuria, Lactobacillus, and Streptococcus with Saccharomyces, which was not observed in healthy skin. For the first time, we showed here a psoriasis-specific correlation between fungal and bacterial species, suggesting a link between competition for niche occupancy and psoriasis. However, it still remains to be elucidated whether observed microbial shift and specific inter-kingdom relationship pattern are of primary etiological significance or secondary to the disease.
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- Zuzana Stehlikova
- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,BIOCEV, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vestec, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Bulovka Hospital, Dermatovenerology Department, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Bulovka Hospital, Dermatovenerology Department, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Bulovka Hospital, Dermatovenerology Department, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Bulovka Hospital, Dermatovenerology Department, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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López-Ferrer A, Láiz-Alonso A. Psoriasis-Arthritis Units: Three Years On. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Unidades psoriasis-artritis: 3 años después. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2018; 109:101-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2017.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Effectiveness of Lipid-Lowering Statin Therapy in Patients With and Without Psoriasis. Clin Drug Investig 2018; 37:775-785. [PMID: 28573499 DOI: 10.1007/s40261-017-0533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Psoriasis is associated with dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome, and has been linked to an increased cardiovascular risk. The aim of this study was to compare baseline characteristics and effects of statin therapy on lipid levels and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with and without psoriasis. METHODS This post-hoc analysis assessed patients from one primary cardiovascular prevention statin trial (Collaborative AtoRvastatin Diabetes Study [CARDS]) and two secondary cardiovascular prevention statin trials (Treating to New Targets [TNT] and Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering [IDEAL]). Baseline characteristics, lipid changes from baseline, and cardiovascular event rates were analyzed. TNT and IDEAL data were pooled. RESULTS Baseline characteristics and lipid profiles differed minimally in patients with and without psoriasis. In CARDS and TNT/IDEAL, similar apolipoprotein B, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reductions occurred with statin therapy in patients with or without psoriasis. High-dose atorvastatin significantly reduced cardiovascular events vs. standard/low-dose statins in patients without psoriasis in TNT/IDEAL; similar numeric differences in event rates were observed in patients with psoriasis. CONCLUSIONS In this post-hoc analysis, statins improved lipid levels and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with and without psoriasis, supporting statin use in patients with psoriasis. Trial registration (ClinicalTrials.gov) NCT00327418, registered 16 May, 2006; NCT00327691, registered 16 May, 2006; NCT00159835, registered 8 September, 2005.
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Saik OV, Demenkov PS, Ivanisenko TV, Bragina EY, Freidin MB, Goncharova IA, Dosenko VE, Zolotareva OI, Hofestaedt R, Lavrik IN, Rogaev EI, Ivanisenko VA. Novel candidate genes important for asthma and hypertension comorbidity revealed from associative gene networks. BMC Med Genomics 2018; 11:15. [PMID: 29504915 PMCID: PMC6389037 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0331-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension and bronchial asthma are a major issue for people's health. As of 2014, approximately one billion adults, or ~ 22% of the world population, have had hypertension. As of 2011, 235-330 million people globally have been affected by asthma and approximately 250,000-345,000 people have died each year from the disease. The development of the effective treatment therapies against these diseases is complicated by their comorbidity features. This is often a major problem in diagnosis and their treatment. Hence, in this study the bioinformatical methodology for the analysis of the comorbidity of these two diseases have been developed. As such, the search for candidate genes related to the comorbid conditions of asthma and hypertension can help in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the comorbid condition of these two diseases, and can also be useful for genotyping and identifying new drug targets. RESULTS Using ANDSystem, the reconstruction and analysis of gene networks associated with asthma and hypertension was carried out. The gene network of asthma included 755 genes/proteins and 62,603 interactions, while the gene network of hypertension - 713 genes/proteins and 45,479 interactions. Two hundred and five genes/proteins and 9638 interactions were shared between asthma and hypertension. An approach for ranking genes implicated in the comorbid condition of two diseases was proposed. The approach is based on nine criteria for ranking genes by their importance, including standard methods of gene prioritization (Endeavor, ToppGene) as well as original criteria that take into account the characteristics of an associative gene network and the presence of known polymorphisms in the analysed genes. According to the proposed approach, the genes IL10, TLR4, and CAT had the highest priority in the development of comorbidity of these two diseases. Additionally, it was revealed that the list of top genes is enriched with apoptotic genes and genes involved in biological processes related to the functioning of central nervous system. CONCLUSIONS The application of methods of reconstruction and analysis of gene networks is a productive tool for studying the molecular mechanisms of comorbid conditions. The method put forth to rank genes by their importance to the comorbid condition of asthma and hypertension was employed that resulted in prediction of 10 genes, playing the key role in the development of the comorbid condition. The results can be utilised to plan experiments for identification of novel candidate genes along with searching for novel pharmacological targets.
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- Olga V. Saik
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk NRMC, Tomsk, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk NRMC, Tomsk, Russia
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- Bielefeld University, International Research Training Group “Computational Methods for the Analysis of the Diversity and Dynamics of Genomes”, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Technical Faculty, AG Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Translational Inflammation, Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA USA
- Department of Genomics and Human Genetics, Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Center for Genetics and Genetic Technologies, Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Abbagani S, Kamath YS, Nayak S. A Study on Ocular Morbidity among Patients with Psoriasis Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karnataka, Southern India. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2017; 27:531-534. [PMID: 29286864 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2017.1414271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated disorder with predominantly dermatological manifestations and varying prevalence in different parts of the world. Data on the ocular features of this disease are limited. Hence, we aimed to estimate the burden of ocular disease in psoriatic patients in the Indian population. Materials and methods: An interdisciplinary cross-sectional hospital-based observational study was conducted in South India, wherein an ophthalmological evaluation was performed for the patients with Psoriasis. The ocular features were recorded and compared with the severity of psoriasis using the Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score. Results: Ocular morbidity was observed in 80% of the patients with psoriasis which increased with increasing duration (p = 0.004) and increasing PASI score (p < 0.001). Blepharitis and dry eye disease were common in our patients with psoriasis. Conclusion: It is important to screen patients with psoriasis for ocular comorbidities so as to prevent sight-threatening complications.
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- Surabhi Abbagani
- a Department of Ophthalmology , Kasturba Medical College-Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal , India
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- a Department of Ophthalmology , Kasturba Medical College-Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal , India
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- b Department of Dermatology , Kasturba Medical College-Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Manipal , India
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Cardiometabolic Comorbidities in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 19:ijms19010058. [PMID: 29295598 PMCID: PMC5796008 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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There is solid epidemiologic evidence linking psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) to cardiovascular risk factors and an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Chronic inflammation, with shared pathways and cytokines common to metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis and psoriasis, might provide the basis for the cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities of psoriasis and PsA. The purpose of this manuscript is to review recent evidence about the epidemiology and underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in patients with psoriasis and/or PsA; the use of analytical determinations, physiologic measures and imaging techniques as surrogate biomarkers of atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease in these patients; and the epidemiological and clinical data, including results of clinical trials, supporting a cardioprotective role of anti-inflammatory and disease-modifying treatment in psoriasis and PsA.
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Khan FA, Liu H, Zhou H, Wang K, Qamar MTU, Pandupuspitasari NS, Shujun Z. Analysis of Bos taurus and Sus scrofa X and Y chromosome transcriptome highlights reproductive driver genes. Oncotarget 2017; 8:54416-54433. [PMID: 28903352 PMCID: PMC5589591 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The biology of sperm, its capability of fertilizing an egg and its role in sex ratio are the major biological questions in reproductive biology. To answer these question we integrated X and Y chromosome transcriptome across different species: Bos taurus and Sus scrofa and identified reproductive driver genes based on Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) algorithm. Our strategy resulted in 11007 and 10445 unique genes consisting of 9 and 11 reproductive modules in Bos taurus and Sus scrofa, respectively. The consensus module calculation yields an overall 167 overlapped genes which were mapped to 846 DEGs in Bos taurus to finally get a list of 67 dual feature genes. We develop gene co-expression network of selected 67 genes that consists of 58 nodes (27 down-regulated and 31 up-regulated genes) enriched to 66 GO biological process (BP) including 6 GO annotations related to reproduction and two KEGG pathways. Moreover, we searched significantly related TF (ISRE, AP1FJ, RP58, CREL) and miRNAs (bta-miR-181a, bta-miR-17-5p, bta-miR-146b, bta-miR-146a) which targeted the genes in co-expression network. In addition we performed genetic analysis including phylogenetic, functional domain identification, epigenetic modifications, mutation analysis of the most important reproductive driver genes PRM1, PPP2R2B and PAFAH1B1 and finally performed a protein docking analysis to visualize their therapeutic and gene expression regulation ability.
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- Faheem Ahmed Khan
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,The Center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education China, College of Animal Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Chaturvedi A, Dey AK, Joshi AA, Mehta NN. Vascular Inflammation Imaging in Psoriasis. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12410-017-9401-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Griffiths CEM, van de Kerkhof P, Czarnecka-Operacz M. Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2017; 7:31-41. [PMID: 28150106 PMCID: PMC5289118 DOI: 10.1007/s13555-016-0167-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Psoriasis and atopic dermatitis are common, chronic inflammatory skin diseases. We discuss several aspects of these disorders, including: risk factors; incidence and prevalence; the complex disease burden; and the comorbidities that increase the clinical significance of each disorder. We also focus on treatment management strategies and outline why individualized, patient-centered treatment regimens should be part of the care plans for patients with either psoriasis or atopic dermatitis. Finally, we conclude that, while our theoretical knowledge of the optimum care plans for these patients is increasingly sophisticated, this understanding is, unfortunately, not always reflected in daily clinical practice.
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- Christopher E M Griffiths
- Dermatology Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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