Systemic lupus erythematosus in children and young people

A Charras, E Smith, CM Hedrich - Current rheumatology reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus ((j) SLE) is an
autoimmune/inflammatory disease that results in significant damage and disability. When …

Pathogenesis of human systemic lupus erythematosus: a cellular perspective

VR Moulton, A Suarez-Fueyo, E Meidan, H Li… - Trends in molecular …, 2017 - cell.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting multiple
organs. A complex interaction of genetics, environment, and hormones leads to immune …

Genome-wide DNA methylation study suggests epigenetic accessibility and transcriptional poising of interferon-regulated genes in naive CD4+ T cells from lupus …

P Coit, M Jeffries, N Altorok, MG Dozmorov… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease characterized by multi-system
involvement and autoantibody production. Abnormal T cell DNA methylation and type-I …

The critical role of epigenetics in systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmunity

H Long, H Yin, L Wang, ME Gershwin, Q Lu - Journal of autoimmunity, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the major disappointments in human autoimmunity has been the relative failure on
genome-wide association studies to provide “smoking genetic guns” that would explain the …

Genome-wide DNA hypomethylation and RNA: DNA hybrid accumulation in Aicardi–Goutières syndrome

YW Lim, LA Sanz, X Xu, SR Hartono, F Chedin - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a severe childhood inflammatory disorder that shows
clinical and genetic overlap with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). AGS is thought to …

Stat3 promotes IL-10 expression in lupus T cells through trans-activation and chromatin remodeling

CM Hedrich, T Rauen, SA Apostolidis… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The immune-regulatory cytokine IL-10 plays a central role during innate and adaptive
immune responses. IL-10 is elevated in the serum and tissues of patients with systemic …

The molecular pathophysiology of psoriatic arthritis—the complex interplay between genetic predisposition, epigenetics factors, and the microbiome

AL Carvalho, CM Hedrich - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Psoriasis is a symmetric autoimmune/inflammatory disease that primarily affects the skin. In
a significant proportion of cases, it is accompanied by arthritis that can affect any joint, the …

Abnormalities of the type I interferon signaling pathway in lupus autoimmunity

S Gallucci, S Meka, AM Gamero - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
Type I interferons (IFNs), mostly IFNα and IFNβ, and the type I IFN Signature are important in
the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune chronic …

Assessment of global DNA methylation in peripheral blood cell subpopulations of early rheumatoid arthritis before and after methotrexate

MC de Andres, E Perez-Pampin, M Calaza… - Arthritis research & …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism regulating gene expression that
has been insufficiently studied in the blood of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, as only T …

DNA methylation and mRNA and microRNA expression of SLE CD4+ T cells correlate with disease phenotype

M Zhao, S Liu, S Luo, H Wu, M Tang, W Cheng… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease well known for its clinical
heterogeneity, and its etiology secondary to a cross-talk involving genetic predisposition and …