Radziszewska, Anna;
Peckham, Hannah;
De Gruijter, Nina M;
Restuadi, Restuadi;
Wu, Wing Han;
Jury, Elizabeth C;
Rosser, Elizabeth C;
(2024)
Active juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with distinct NK cell transcriptional and phenotypic alterations.
Scientific Reports
, 14
, Article 13074. 10.1038/s41598-024-62325-3.
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Abstract
While adaptive immune responses have been studied extensively in SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), there is limited and contradictory evidence regarding the contribution of natural killer (NK) cells to disease pathogenesis. There is even less evidence about the role of NK cells in the more severe phenotype with juvenile-onset (J)SLE. In this study, analysis of the phenotype and function of NK cells in a large cohort of JSLE patients demonstrated that total NK cells, as well as perforin and granzyme A expressing NK cell populations, were significantly diminished in JSLE patients compared to age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The reduction in NK cell frequency was associated with increased disease activity, and transcriptomic analysis of NK populations from active and low disease activity JSLE patients versus healthy controls confirmed that disease activity was the main driver of differential NK cell gene expression. Pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed an upregulation of interferon-α responses and a downregulation of exocytosis in active disease compared to healthy controls. Further gene set enrichment analysis also demonstrated an overrepresentation of the apoptosis pathway in active disease. This points to increased propensity for apoptosis as a potential factor contributing to NK cell deficiency in JSLE.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Active juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with distinct NK cell transcriptional and phenotypic alterations |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-024-62325-3 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62325-3 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193740 |
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