Genetic and Epigenetic Landscape for Drug Development in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Y Chen, G Wang, J Chen, C Wang, X Dong… - Endocrine …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) faces challenges as all known
treatments are merely symptomatic. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not …

Sequential immunotherapy: towards cures for autoimmunity

F Ramírez-Valle, JC Maranville, S Roy… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite major progress in the treatment of autoimmune diseases in the past two decades,
most therapies do not cure disease and can be associated with increased risk of infection …

Inflammatory cytokines and their potential role in Sjogren's syndrome risk: insights from a mendelian randomization study

W Shi, Y Xu, A Zhang, X Jia, S Liu, Z Hu - Advances in Rheumatology, 2024 - Springer
Aim This study aimed to investigate the causal impact of inflammatory cytokines on Sjogren's
Syndrome (SS) and to identify potential biomarkers for SS clinical management using …

Peripheral GFAP and NfL as early biomarkers for dementia: longitudinal insights from the UK Biobank

X Wang, Z Shi, Y Qiu, D Sun, H Zhou - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Peripheral glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain
(NfL) are sensitive markers of neuroinflammation and neuronal damage. Previous studies …

Nanoparticle enrichment mass-spectrometry proteomics identifies protein-altering variants for precise pQTL mapping

K Suhre, GR Venkataraman, H Guturu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Proteogenomics studies generate hypotheses on protein function and provide genetic
evidence for drug target prioritization. Most previous work has been conducted using affinity …

The causal effect of cytokine cycling levels on osteoarthritis: a bidirectional Mendelian randomized study

Z Jiang, X Cai, X Yao, S Zhang, W Lan, Z Jin… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease globally, serving as a
primary cause of pain and disability. However, the pathological processes underlying OA …

Neutralizing Autoantibodies against Interleukin-10 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

H Griffin, L Ceron-Gutierrez… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
We discovered high-titer neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 in a child with
infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a phenocopy of inborn errors of interleukin …

Potential therapeutic targets for membranous nephropathy: proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis

Z Su, Q Wan - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background The currently available medications for treating membranous nephropathy (MN)
still have unsatisfactory efficacy in inhibiting disease recurrence, slowing down its …

Evaluating the effects of circulating inflammatory proteins as drivers and therapeutic targets for severe COVID-19

A Baranova, J Luo, L Fu, G Yao, F Zhang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective The relationships between circulating inflammatory proteins and COVID-19 have
been observed in previous cohorts. However, it is not unclear which circulating inflammatory …

Large-scale whole-exome sequencing analyses identified protein-coding variants associated with immune-mediated diseases in 350,770 adults

L Yang, YN Ou, BS Wu, WS Liu, YT Deng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The genetic contribution of protein-coding variants to immune-mediated diseases (IMDs)
remains underexplored. Through whole exome sequencing of 40 IMDs in 350,770 UK …