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Title: | Lung immune signatures define two groups of end-stage IPF patients |
Author: | Cruz, Tamara Mendoza, Núria Casas Recasens, Sandra Noell, Guillaume Hernandez Gonzalez, Fernanda Frino Garcia, Alejandro Alsina Restoy, Xavi Molina, María Rojas, Mauricio Agustí, Alvar Sellares, Jacobo Faner, Rosa |
Keywords: | Malalties del pulmó Genètica mèdica Pulmonary diseases Medical genetics |
Issue Date: | 28-Sep-2023 |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Abstract: | BackgroundThe role of the immune system in the pathobiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is controversial.MethodsTo 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.ResultsWe 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.ConclusionsIn 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. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02546-8 |
It is part of: | Respiratory Research, 2023, vol. 24, num. 1 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/205343 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02546-8 |
ISSN: | 1465-993X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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