TYK2 as a therapeutic target in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

M Gonciarz, K Pawlak-Buś, P Leszczyński… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
JAKs are intracellular protein tyrosine kinases that, through activation of STATs, are
responsible for signal transduction pathways that regulate cellular responses to numerous …

Updates on genetics in systemic sclerosis

Y Ota, M Kuwana - Inflammation and Regeneration, 2021 - Springer
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease, in which an interaction of genetic and
environmental factors plays an important role in its development and pathogenesis. A …

Common genetic associations between age-related diseases

HM Dönertaş, DK Fabian, M Fuentealba, L Partridge… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Age is a common risk factor in many diseases, but the molecular basis for this relationship is
elusive. In this study we identified four disease clusters from 116 diseases in UK Biobank …

Characteristics of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before vs after 6 years of age in the TEDDY cohort study

JP Krischer, X Liu, Å Lernmark, WA Hagopian… - Diabetologia, 2021 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Prognostic factors and characteristics of children diagnosed with type 1
diabetes before 6 years of age were compared with those diagnosed at 6–13 years of age in …

Pleiotropy or linkage? Their relative contributions to the genetic correlation of quantitative traits and detection by multitrait GWA studies

J Chebib, F Guillaume - Genetics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genetic correlations between traits may cause correlated responses to selection. Previous
models described the conditions under which genetic correlations are expected to be …

Skin manifestations and coeliac disease in paediatric population

F Persechino, G Galli, S Persechino, F Valitutti… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy caused by gluten ingestion,
affecting approximately 1% of the worldwide population. Extraintestinal symptoms may be …

The impact of ustekinumab on extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease: A post hoc analysis of the UNITI studies

N Narula, A Aruljothy, ECL Wong, R Homenauth… - UEG …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This post hoc analysis of the UNITI studies found ustekinumab (UST) did not significantly
improve overall extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) of Crohn's disease compared to …

Genomic Risk Score impact on susceptibility to systemic sclerosis

L Bossini-Castillo, G Villanueva-Martin… - Annals of the …, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Genomic Risk Scores (GRS) successfully demonstrated the ability of genetics to
identify those individuals at high risk for complex traits including immune-mediated …

Recent updates in juvenile spondyloarthritis

H Srinivasalu, KA Sikora… - Rheumatic Disease …, 2021 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) encompasses a group of disorders characterized by presence of
enthesitis, axial skeletal involvement and a common genetic predisposition most notably …

IBD systems biology is here to stay

C Fiocchi, D Iliopoulos - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Systems biology is a rapidly advancing field of science that allows us to look
into disease mechanisms, patient diagnosis and stratification, and drug development in a …