2024
Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts
Sand J, Jessen H, Leeming D, Yu S, Lee C, Hu B, Sun Y, Adams T, Pivarnik T, Liu A, Woo S, McGovern J, Fiorini V, Saber T, Higuero-Sevilla J, Gulati M, Kaminski N, Damsky W, Shaw A, Mohanty S, Goobie G, Zhang Y, Herzog E, Ryu C. Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts. Thorax 2024, thorax-2023-221095. PMID: 39117421, DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-221095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSarcoidosis cohortMultiorgan diseasePRO-C3Interleukin-4Case Control Etiologic Study of SarcoidosisPlasma levels of interleukin-4Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyLevels of interleukin-4Pathogenesis of sarcoidosisC6MC3MHealthy control patientsStudy of sarcoidosisGenomic researchAbnormal extracellular matrixAssociated with dermatological diseaseCollagen degradationScadding stageCorticosteroid useComplex diseasesPRO-C6Control patientsIL-13IL-5IL-9
2018
Tofacitinib Treatment and Molecular Analysis of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis
Damsky W, Thakral D, Emeagwali N, Galan A, King B. Tofacitinib Treatment and Molecular Analysis of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis. New England Journal Of Medicine 2018, 379: 2540-2546. PMID: 30586518, PMCID: PMC6351852, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1805958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous sarcoidosisPathogenesis of sarcoidosisSkin lesion samplesJAK inhibitor tofacitinibHistologic remissionSystemic glucocorticoidsImmunohistochemical testingImmunohistochemical examinationInhibitor tofacitinibSarcoidosisSkin diseasesPatientsLesion samplesJAK-STATJanus kinaseTranscription (STAT) signalingSequencing of RNASignal transducerTreatmentMolecular analysisRemissionMedicationsTofacitinibGlucocorticoidsPathogenesis