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Olvera N, Sánchez-Valle J, Núñez-Carpintero I, Rojas-Quintero J, Noell G, Casas-Recasens S, Faiz A, Hansbro P, Guirao A, Lepore R, Cirillo D, Agustí A, Polverino F, Valencia A, Faner R. Lung Tissue Multi-Layer Network Analysis Uncovers the Molecular Heterogeneity of COPD. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024. [PMID: 38626356 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0500oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition. We hypothesized that the unbiased integration of different COPD lung omics using a novel multi-layer approach may unravel mechanisms associated with clinical characteristics. METHODS We profiled mRNA, miRNA and methylome in lung tissue samples from 135 former smokers with COPD. For each omic (layer) we built a patient network based on molecular similarity. The three networks were used to build a multi-layer network, and optimization of multiplex-modularity was employed to identify patient communities across the three distinct layers. Uncovered communities were related to clinical features. RESULTS We identified five patient communities in the multi-layer network which were molecularly distinct and related to clinical characteristics, such as FEV1 and blood eosinophils. Two communities (C#3 and C#4) had both similarly low FEV1 values and emphysema, but were molecularly different: C#3, but not C#4, presented B and T cell signatures and a downregulation of secretory (SCGB1A1/SCGB3A1) and ciliated cells. A machine learning model was set up to discriminate C#3 and C#4 in our cohort, and to validate them in an independent cohort. Finally, using spatial transcriptomics we characterized the small airway differences between C#3 and C#4, identifying an upregulation of T/B cell homing chemokines, and bacterial response genes in C#3. CONCLUSIONS A novel multi-layer network analysis is able to identify clinically relevant COPD patient communities. Patients with similarly low FEV1 and emphysema can have molecularly distinct small airways and immune response patterns, indicating that different endotypes can lead to similar clinical presentation.
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- Nuria Olvera
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, 146245, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 132144, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERES, 568067, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- University of Technology Sydney, 1994, Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (RBMB), School of Life Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- University of Technology Sydney, 1994, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, 16493, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 132144, Barcelona, Spain
- University Hospital Basel, 30262, Basel, BS, Switzerland
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 132144, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundacio Clinic per a la Recerca Biomedica, 189152, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 132144, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 117370, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, 146245, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain;
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Casas-Recasens S, Cassim R, Mendoza N, Agusti A, Lodge C, Li S, Bui D, Martino D, Dharmage SC, Faner R. Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of COPD and Lung Function: A Systematic Review. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024. [PMID: 38422471 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202302-0231oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) results from gene-environment interactions over the lifetime. These interactions are captured by epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation. This systematic review synthesizes evidence from epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) related to COPD and lung function. METHODS Systematic literature search on PubMed, Embase and CINAHL databases, identified 1947 articles that investigated epigenetic changes associated with COPD/lung function; 17 of them met our eligibility criteria from which data was manually extracted. Differentially methylated positions (DMPs) and/or annotated genes, were considered replicated if identified by ≥2 studies with a p<1 x 10-4. RESULTS Ten studies profiled DNA methylation changes in blood and 7 in respiratory samples, including surgically resected lung tissue (n=3), small airways epithelial brushings (n=2), bronchoalveolar lavage (n=1) and sputum (n=1). Main results showed: (1) high variability in study design, covariates and effect sizes, which prevented a formal meta-analysis; (2) in blood samples, 51 DMPs were replicated in relation to lung function and 12 related to COPD; (3) in respiratory samples, 42 DMPs were replicated in relation to COPD but none in relation to lung function; and, (4) in COPD vs. control studies, 123 genes (2.6% of total) were shared between ≥1 blood and ≥1 respiratory sample and associated with chronic inflammation, ion transport and coagulation. CONCLUSIONS There is high heterogeneity across published COPD/lung function EWAS studies. A few genes (n=123; 2.6%) were replicated in blood and respiratory samples, suggesting that blood can recapitulate some changes in respiratory tissues. These findings have implications for future research.
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- Sandra Casas-Recasens
- Fundació Clinic Recerca Biomedica-Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i 14 Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- CIBERES, 568067, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- The University of Melbourne - Parkville Campus, 2281, Allergy and Lung Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Fundació Clinic Recerca Biomedica-Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i 14 Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- CIBERES, 568067, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació Clinic Recerca Biomedica-Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i 14 Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- CIBERES, 568067, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias , Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, 16493, Respiratory Institute, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, 16724, Catedra Salut Respiratoria, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- The University of Melbourne - Parkville Campus, 2281, Allergy and Lung Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 559658, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- University of Cambridge Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, 574309, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Monash University School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, 161662, Precision Medicine, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital Research Institute, 34361, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne - Parkville Campus, 2281, Allergy and Lung Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Western Australia, 2720, Walyun Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia
- The University of Melbourne - Parkville Campus, 2281, Centre for Food and Allergy Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne - Parkville Campus, 2281, Allergy and Lung Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Fundació Clinic Recerca Biomedica-Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i 14 Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- CIBERES, 568067, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias , Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, 16724, Catedra salut Respiratoria, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, 16724, Biomedicine Department, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain;
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Hernandez-Gonzalez F, Mendoza N, Casas-Recasens S, Cruz T, Albacar N, López-Saiz G, Alsina-Restoy X, Rojas M, Agusti A, Sellarés J, Faner R. Peripheral Immune Cell Profiling Reveals Distinct Immune Hallmarks in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis. Arch Bronconeumol 2023; 59:681-684. [PMID: 37468400 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2023.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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- Fernanda Hernandez-Gonzalez
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain; University of Barcelona, Biomedicine Department, Immunology Unit, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain; University of Barcelona, Biomedicine Department, Immunology Unit, Barcelona, Spain.
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Cruz T, Mendoza N, Casas-Recasens S, Noell G, Hernandez-Gonzalez F, Frino-Garcia A, Alsina-Restoy X, Molina M, Rojas M, Agustí A, Sellares J, Faner R. Lung immune signatures define two groups of end-stage IPF patients. Respir Res 2023; 24:236. [PMID: 37770891 PMCID: PMC10540496 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-023-02546-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of the immune system in the pathobiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is controversial. METHODS To investigate it, we calculated immune signatures with Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) and applied them to the lung transcriptome followed by unbiased cluster analysis of GSVA immune-enrichment scores, in 109 IPF patients from the Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC). Results were validated experimentally using cell-based methods (flow cytometry) in lung tissue of IPF patients from the University of Pittsburgh (n = 26). Finally, differential gene expression and hypergeometric test were used to explore non-immune differences between clusters. RESULTS We identified two clusters (C#1 and C#2) of IPF patients of similar size in the LTRC dataset. C#1 included 58 patients (53%) with enrichment in GSVA immune signatures, particularly cytotoxic and memory T cells signatures, whereas C#2 included 51 patients (47%) with an overall lower expression of GSVA immune signatures (results were validated by flow cytometry with similar unbiased clustering generation). Differential gene expression between clusters identified differences in cilium, epithelial and secretory cell genes, all of them showing an inverse correlation with the immune response signatures. Notably, both clusters showed distinct features despite clinical similarities. CONCLUSIONS In end-stage IPF lung tissue, we identified two clusters of patients with very different levels of immune signatures and gene expression but with similar clinical characteristics. Weather these immune clusters differentiate diverse disease trajectories remains unexplored.
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- Tamara Cruz
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Respiratory Department, University Hospital of Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain.
- Fundació Clínic Per a La Recerca Biomèdica - IDIBAPS (FCRB-IDIBAPS), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
- Biomedicine Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Mendoza N, Casas-Recasens S, Olvera N, Hernandez-Gonzalez F, Cruz T, Albacar N, Alsina-Restoy X, Frino-Garcia A, López-Saiz G, Robres L, Rojas M, Agustí A, Sellarés J, Faner R. Blood Immunophenotypes of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Relationship with Disease Severity and Progression. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13832. [PMID: 37762135 PMCID: PMC10531459 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241813832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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(1) The role of the immune response in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remains controversial. We hypothesized that peripheral blood immune phenotypes will be different in IPF patients and may relate to the disease severity and progression. (2) Whole blood flow cytometry staining was performed at diagnosis in 32 IPF patients, and in 32 age- and smoking-matched healthy controls. Thirty-one IPF patients were followed up for one year and categorized as stable or progressors based on lung function, deterioration and/or death. At 18-60 months, immunophenotypes were characterized again. (3) The main results showed that: (1) compared to matched controls, at diagnosis, patients with IPF showed more neutrophils, CD8+HLA-DR+ and CD8+CD28- T cells, and fewer B lymphocytes and naïve T cells; (2) in IPF, circulating neutrophils, eosinophils and naïve T cells were associated with lung function abnormalities; (3) patients whose disease progressed during the 12 months of follow-up showed evidence of cytotoxic dysregulation, with increased CD8+CD28- T cells, decreased naïve T cells and an inverted CD4/CD8 ratio at baseline; and (4) blood cell alterations were stable over time in survivors. (4) IPF is associated with abnormalities in circulating immune cells, particularly in the cytotoxic cell domain. Patients with progressive IPF, despite antifibrotic therapy, present an over-activated and exhausted immunophenotype at diagnosis, which is maintained over time.
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- Nuria Mendoza
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Biomedicine Department, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Biomedicine Department, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Biomedicine Department, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (X.A.-R.); (A.F.-G.); (G.L.-S.)
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- Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; (N.M.); (S.C.-R.); (N.O.); (F.H.-G.); (T.C.); (N.A.); (A.A.); (J.S.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
- Biomedicine Department, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Pellegrino D, Casas-Recasens S, Faner R, Palange P, Agusti A. When GETomics meets aging and exercise in COPD. Respir Med 2023:107294. [PMID: 37295536 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The term GETomics has been recently proposed to illustrate that human health and disease are actually the final outcome of many dynamic, interacting and cumulative gene (G) - environment (E) interactions that occur through the lifetime (T) of the individual. According to this new paradigm, the final outcome of any GxE interactions depends on both the age of the individual at which such GxE interaction occurs as well as on the previous, cumulative history of previous GxE interactions through the induction of epigenetic changes and immune memory (both lasting overtime). Following this conceptual approach, our understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has changed dramatically. Traditionally believed to be a self-inflicted disease induced by tobacco smoking occurring in older men and characterized by an accelerated decline of lung function with age, now we understand that there are many other risk factors associated with COPD, that it occurs also in females and young individuals, that there are different lung function trajectories through life, and that COPD is not always characterized by accelerated lung function decline. In this paper we discuss how a GETomics approach to COPD may open new perspectives to better understand its relationship with exercise limitation and the ageing process.
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- D Pellegrino
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital of Rome, Italy
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- Institut d'investigacions biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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- Institut d'investigacions biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain; Cathedra Salut Respiratoria, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital of Rome, Italy
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- Institut d'investigacions biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain; Cathedra Salut Respiratoria, University of Barcelona, Spain; Respiratory Institute, Clinic Barcelona, Spain.
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Casas-Recasens S, Mendoza N, López-Giraldo A, Garcia T, Cosio BG, Pascual-Guardia S, Acosta-Castro A, Borras-Santos A, Gea J, Garrabou G, Agusti A, Faner R. Telomere Length but Not Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Altered in Both Young and Old COPD. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:761767. [PMID: 34901077 PMCID: PMC8652089 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.761767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Accelerated ageing is implicated in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but recent evidence indicates that the COPD can have roots early in life. Here we hypothesise that the accelerated ageing markers might have a role in the pathobiology of young COPD. The objective of this study was to compare two hallmarks of ageing, telomere length (TL), and mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN, as a surrogate marker of mitochondrial dysfunction) in young (≤ 50 years) and old (>50 years) smokers, with and without COPD. Both, TL and mtDNA-CN were measured in whole blood DNA by quantitative PCR [qPCR] in: (1) young ever smokers with (n = 81) or without (n = 166) COPD; and (2) old ever smokers with (n = 159) or without (n = 29) COPD. A multivariable linear regression was used to assess the association of TL and mtDNA-CN with lung function. We observed that in the entire study population, TL and mtDNA-CN decreased with age, and the former but not the latter related to FEV1/FVC (%), FEV1 (% ref.), and DLCO (% ref.). The short telomeres were found both in the young and old patients with severe COPD (FEV1 <50% ref.). In addition, we found that TL and mtDNA-CN were significantly correlated, but their relationship was positive in younger while negative in the older patients with COPD, suggesting a mitochondrial dysfunction. We conclude that TL, but not mtDNA-CN, is associated with the lung function impairment. Both young and old patients with severe COPD have evidence of accelerated ageing (shorter TL) but differ in the direction of the correlation between TL and mtDNA-CN in relation to age.
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- Sandra Casas-Recasens
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.,Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Pulmonary Service and Research Institute, Doce de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Muscle Research and Mitochondrial Function Laboratory, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERER-Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Rare Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Casas-Recasens S, Noell G, Mendoza N, Lopez-Giraldo A, Garcia T, Guirao A, Agusti A, Faner R. Lung DNA Methylation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Relationship with Smoking Status and Airflow Limitation Severity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021; 203:129-134. [PMID: 32822219 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201912-2420le] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sandra Casas-Recasens
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain.,Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain and
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain.,Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain and
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain.,Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain and.,University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Madrid, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain
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Grasset EK, Chorny A, Casas-Recasens S, Gutzeit C, Bongers G, Thomsen I, Chen L, He Z, Matthews DB, Oropallo MA, Veeramreddy P, Uzzan M, Mortha A, Carrillo J, Reis BS, Ramanujam M, Sintes J, Magri G, Maglione PJ, Cunningham-Rundles C, Bram RJ, Faith J, Mehandru S, Pabst O, Cerutti A. Gut T cell-independent IgA responses to commensal bacteria require engagement of the TACI receptor on B cells. Sci Immunol 2020; 5:eaat7117. [PMID: 32737068 PMCID: PMC8349226 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aat7117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
The gut mounts secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) responses to commensal bacteria through nonredundant T cell-dependent (TD) and T cell-independent (TI) pathways that promote the establishment of mutualistic host-microbiota interactions. SIgAs from the TD pathway target penetrant bacteria, and their induction requires engagement of CD40 on B cells by CD40 ligand on T follicular helper cells. In contrast, SIgAs from the TI pathway bind a larger spectrum of bacteria, but the mechanism underpinning their production remains elusive. Here, we show that the intestinal TI pathway required CD40-independent B cell-activating signals from TACI, a receptor for the innate CD40 ligand-like factors BAFF and APRIL. TACI-induced SIgA responses targeted a fraction of the gut microbiota without shaping its overall composition. Of note, TACI was dispensable for TD induction of IgA in gut-associated lymphoid organs. Thus, BAFF/APRIL signals acting on TACI orchestrate commensal bacteria-specific SIgA responses through an intestinal TI program.
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- E K Grasset
- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
- IrsiCaixa, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona 08916, Spain
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- Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology and Respiratory Disease Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA
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- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona 08003, Spain
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Cruz T, López-Giraldo A, Noell G, Guirao A, Casas-Recasens S, Garcia T, Saco A, Sellares J, Agustí A, Faner R. Smoking Impairs the Immunomodulatory Capacity of Lung-Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2019; 61:575-583. [DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0351oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Tamara Cruz
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; and
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- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; and
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; and
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; and
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Cruz T, López-Giraldo A, Noell G, Casas-Recasens S, Garcia T, Molins L, Juan M, Fernandez MA, Agustí A, Faner R. Multi-level immune response network in mild-moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Respir Res 2019; 20:152. [PMID: 31299954 PMCID: PMC6626346 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-019-1105-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with an abnormal pulmonary and systemic immune response to tobacco smoking. Yet, how do immune cells relate within and between these two biological compartments, how the pulmonary infiltrate influences the lung transcriptome, and what is the role of active smoking vs. presence of disease is unclear. Methods To investigate these questions, we simultaneously collected lung tissue and blood from 65 individuals stratified by smoking habit and presence of the disease. The immune cell composition of both tissues was assessed by flow cytometry, whole lung transcriptome was determined with Affymetrix arrays, and we used Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) to integrate results. Results Main results showed that: (1) current smoking and the presence of COPD were both independently associated with a reduction in the proportion of lung T cells and an increase of macrophages, specifically those expressing CD80 + CD163+; (2) changes in the proportion of infiltrating macrophages, smoking status or the level of airflow limitation were associated to different WGCNA modules, which were enriched in iron ion transport, extracellular matrix and cilium organization gene ontologies; and, (3) circulating white blood cells counts were correlated with lung macrophages and T cells. Conclusions Mild-moderated COPD lung immune infiltrate is associated with the active smoking status and presence of disease; is associated with changes in whole lung tissue transcriptome and marginally reflected in blood. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12931-019-1105-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tamara Cruz
- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunology Service, Centre Diagnostic Biomèdic, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Flow Cytometry Facility, Institut de Recerca Germans Trias I Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain. .,Institut de Recerca Biomedica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. .,CIBERES, IDIBAPS-CELLEX. Facultat de Medicina P2A, c/Casanova 143, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
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Faner R, Morrow JD, Casas-Recasens S, Cloonan SM, Noell G, López-Giraldo A, Tal-Singer R, Miller BE, Silverman EK, Agustí A, Hersh CP. Do sputum or circulating blood samples reflect the pulmonary transcriptomic differences of COPD patients? A multi-tissue transcriptomic network META-analysis. Respir Res 2019; 20:5. [PMID: 30621695 PMCID: PMC6325784 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0965-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous studies have identified lung, sputum or blood transcriptomic biomarkers associated with the severity of airflow limitation in COPD. Yet, it is not clear whether the lung pathobiology is mirrored by these surrogate tissues. The aim of this study was to explore this question. METHODS We used Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) to identify shared pathological mechanisms across four COPD gene-expression datasets: two sets of lung tissues (L1 n = 70; L2 n = 124), and one each of induced sputum (S; n = 121) and peripheral blood (B; n = 121). RESULTS WGCNA analysis identified twenty-one gene co-expression modules in L1. A robust module preservation between the two L datasets was observed (86%), with less preservation in S (33%) and even less in B (23%). Three modules preserved across lung tissues and sputum (not blood) were associated with the severity of airflow limitation. Ontology enrichment analysis showed that these modules included genes related to mitochondrial function, ion-homeostasis, T cells and RNA processing. These findings were largely reproduced using the consensus WGCNA network approach. CONCLUSIONS These observations indicate that major differences in lung tissue transcriptomics in patients with COPD are poorly mirrored in sputum and are unrelated to those determined in blood, suggesting that the systemic component in COPD is independently regulated. Finally, the fact that one of the preserved modules associated with FEV1 was enriched in mitochondria-related genes supports a role for mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathobiology of COPD.
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- Rosa Faner
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Respiratory Therapy Area Unit GSK R and D, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Respiratory Therapy Area Unit GSK R and D, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), C/Casanova 143, Cellex, P2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
- Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Chorny A, Casas-Recasens S, Sintes J, Shan M, Polentarutti N, García-Escudero R, Walland AC, Yeiser JR, Cassis L, Carrillo J, Puga I, Cunha C, Bastos H, Rodrigues F, Lacerda JF, Morais A, Dieguez-Gonzalez R, Heeger PS, Salvatori G, Carvalho A, Garcia-Sastre A, Blander JM, Mantovani A, Garlanda C, Cerutti A. Correction: The soluble pattern recognition receptor PTX3 links humoral innate and adaptive immune responses by helping marginal zone B cells. J Exp Med 2017; 214:1559. [PMID: 28420735 PMCID: PMC5413321 DOI: 10.1084/jem.2015028204172017c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Chorny A, Casas-Recasens S, Sintes J, Shan M, Polentarutti N, García-Escudero R, Walland AC, Yeiser JR, Cassis L, Carrillo J, Puga I, Cunha C, Bastos H, Rodrigues F, Lacerda JF, Morais A, Dieguez-Gonzalez R, Heeger PS, Salvatori G, Carvalho A, Garcia-Sastre A, Blander JM, Mantovani A, Garlanda C, Cerutti A. The soluble pattern recognition receptor PTX3 links humoral innate and adaptive immune responses by helping marginal zone B cells. J Exp Med 2016; 213:2167-85. [PMID: 27621420 PMCID: PMC5030794 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20150282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Cerutti and collaborators show that the humoral arms of the innate and adaptive immune systems are functionally interconnected by pentraxin 3, a soluble pattern recognition receptor that couples innate immune recognition with antibody-inducing function. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a fluid-phase pattern recognition receptor of the humoral innate immune system with ancestral antibody-like properties but unknown antibody-inducing function. In this study, we found binding of PTX3 to splenic marginal zone (MZ) B cells, an innate-like subset of antibody-producing lymphocytes strategically positioned at the interface between the circulation and the adaptive immune system. PTX3 was released by a subset of neutrophils that surrounded the splenic MZ and expressed an immune activation–related gene signature distinct from that of circulating neutrophils. Binding of PTX3 promoted homeostatic production of IgM and class-switched IgG antibodies to microbial capsular polysaccharides, which decreased in PTX3-deficient mice and humans. In addition, PTX3 increased IgM and IgG production after infection with blood-borne encapsulated bacteria or immunization with bacterial carbohydrates. This immunogenic effect stemmed from the activation of MZ B cells through a neutrophil-regulated pathway that elicited class switching and plasmablast expansion via a combination of T cell–independent and T cell–dependent signals. Thus, PTX3 may bridge the humoral arms of the innate and adaptive immune systems by serving as an endogenous adjuvant for MZ B cells. This property could be harnessed to develop more effective vaccines against encapsulated pathogens.
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- Alejo Chorny
- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Oncology Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales, y Tecnológicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute /3B's, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute /3B's, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar São João, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute /3B's, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal Hospital de Santa Maria, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar São João, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 Translational Transplant Research Center and Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute /3B's, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy Humanitas University, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy Humanitas University, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 Program for Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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