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Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program

       What We Do

Scientists in the Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program focus on understanding the etiology, pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms of systemic autoimmunity, as well as understanding immunologic responses to infection and vaccination. Using genetic, genomic, proteomic, immunologic and molecular approaches, our investigators are working to understand complex human diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory myositis, multiple sclerosis and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, as well as to decipher mechanisms of immune protection after influenza or anthrax vaccination. To facilitate these patient-oriented research activities, some of our scientists are also working to develop novel methods and algorithms to mine large datasets and evaluate complex human genetic diseases.

       Our Publications

2013

Aggarwal R, Sestak AL, Chakravarty EF, Harley JB, Scofield RH. Excess Female Siblings and Male Fetal Loss in Families with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol 40:430-434, 2013. [Abstract]

Andrews SF, Zhang Q, Lim S, Li L, Lee JH, Zheng NY, Huang M, Taylor WM, Farris AD, Ni D, Meng W, Luning Prak ET, Wilson PC. Global analysis of B cell selection using an immunoglobulin light chain-mediated model of autoreactivity. J Exp Med 210:125-142,2013. [Abstract]

Boackle SA, Freedman BI, Scofield RH, Stevens AM, Vyse TJ, Criswell LA, Moser KL, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Langefeld CD, Harley JB, Gilkeson GS. Variable Association of Reactive Intermediate Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Populations with Different African Ancestry. J Rheumatol 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Centola M, Cavet G, Shen Y, Ramanujan S, Knowlton N, Swan KA, Turner M, Sutton C, Smith DR, Haney DJ, Chernoff D, Hesterberg LK, Carulli JP, Taylor PC, Shadick NA, Weinblatt ME, Curtis JR. Development of a multi-biomarker disease activity test for rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS One 8:e60635, 2013. [Abstract]

Chakravarty E, Michaud K, Katz R, Wolfe F. Increased incidence of herpes zoster among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 22:238-0244, 2013. [Abstract]

* Coit P, Jeffries M, Altorok N, Dozmorov MG, Koelsch KA, Wren JD, Merrill JT, McCune WJ, Sawalha AH. Genome-wide DNA methylation study suggests epigenetic accessibility and transcriptional poising of interferon-regulated genes in naive CD4+ T cells from lupus patients. J Autoimmun 2013. [Abstract] EPub

* Deng Y, Zhao J, Sakurai D, Kaufman KM, Edberg JC, Kimberly RP, Kamen DL, Gilkeson GS, Jacob CO, Scofield RH, Langefeld CD, Kelly JA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Petri MA, Reveille JD, Vila LM, Alarcon GS, Vyse TJ, Pons-Estel BA, gentine Collaborative Group, Freedman BI, Gaffney PM, Sivils KM, James JA, Gregersen PK, Anaya JM, Niewold TB, Merrill JT, Criswell LA, Stevens AM, Boackle SA, Cantor RM, Chen W, Grossman JM, Hahn BH, Harley JB, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, BIOLUPUS and GENLES Networks, Brown EE, Tsao BP. MicroRNA-3148 Modulates Allelic Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 7 Variant Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. PLoS Genet 9:e1003336, 2013. [Abstract]

Dumas EK, Nguyen ML, Cox PM, Rodgers H, Peterson JL, James JA, Farris AD. Stochastic humoral immunity to Bacillus anthracis protective antigen: Identification of anti-peptide IgG correlating with seroconversion to Lethal Toxin neutralization. Vaccine 31:1856-1863,2013. [Abstract]

Herraez DL, Martinez-Bueno M, Riba L, de la Torre IG, Sacnun M, Goni M, Berbotto G, Paira S, Musuruana JL, Graf C, Alvarellos A, Messina OD, Babini A, Strusberg I, Marcos JC, Scherbarth H, Spindler A, Quinteros A, Toloza S, Moreno JL, Catoggio LJ, Tate G, Eimon A, Citera G, Pellet AC, Nasswetter G, Cardiel MH, Miranda P, Ballesteros F, Esquivel-Valerio JA, Maradiaga-Cecena A, Acevedo-Vasquez EM, Garcia CG, Tusie-Luna T, Pons-Estel B, Alarcon-Riquelme ME. Rheumatoid arthritis in Latin Americans enriched for Amerindian ancestry is associated with loci in chromosomes 1, 12,13, and HLA class II region. Arthritis Rheum 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Hinks A, Cobb J, Marion MC, Prahalad S, Sudman M, Bowes J, Martin P, Comeau ME, Sajuthi S, Andrews R, Brown M, Chen WM, Concannon P, Deloukas P, Edkins S, Eyre S, Gaffney PM, Guthery SL, Guthridge JM, Hunt SE, James JA, Keddache M, Moser KL, Nigrovic PA, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Onslow ML, Rose CD, Rich SS, Steel KJ, Wakeland EK, Wallace CA, Wedderburn LR, Woo P, Boston Children's JIA Registry, British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology (BSPAR) Study Group, Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study (CAPS), Childhood Arthritis Response to Medication Study (CHARMS), German Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GKJR), JIA Gene Expression Study, NIAMS JIA Genetic Registry, TREAT Study, United Kingdom Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Genetics Consortium (UKJIAGC), Bohnsack JF, Haas JP, Glass DN, Langefeld CD, Thomson W, Thompson SD. Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies 14 new susceptibility loci for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Nat Genet 2013. [Abstract] EPub

* Kaufman KM, Zhao J, Kelly JA, Hughes T, Adler A, Sanchez E, Ojwang JO, Langefeld CD, Ziegler JT, Williams AH, Comeau ME, Marion MC, Glenn SB, Cantor RM, Grossman JM, Hahn BH, Song YW, Yu CY, James JA, Guthridge JM, Brown EE, Alarcon GS, Kimberly RP, Edberg JC, Ramsey-Goldman R, Petri MA, Reveille JD, Vila LM, Anaya JM, Boackle SA, Stevens AM, Freedman BI, Criswell LA, Pons-Estel BA, on behalf of the Argentine Collaborative Group, Lee JH, Lee JS, Chang DM, Scofield RH, Gilkeson GS, Merrill JT, Niewold TB, Vyse TJ, Bae SC, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, on behalf of the BIOLUPUS network, Jacob CO, Sivils KM, Gaffney PM, Harley JB, Sawalha AH, Tsao BP. Fine mapping of Xq28: both MECP2 and IRAK1 contribute to risk for systemic lupus erythematosus in multiple ancestral groups. Ann Rheum Dis 72:437-444, 2013. [Abstract]

Koelsch KA, Wang Y, Maier-Moore JS, Sawalha AH, Wren JD. GFP Affects Human T Cell Activation and Cytokine Production following In Vitro Stimulation. PLoS One 8:e50068, 2013. [Abstract]

Koelsch KA, Webb R, Jeffries M, Dozmorov MG, Frank MB, Guthridge JM, James JA, Wren JD, Sawalha AH. Functional characterization of the MECP2/IRAK1 lupus risk haplotype in human T cells and a human MECP2 transgenic mouse. J Autoimmun 41:168-174,  2013. [Abstract]

Kurien BT, Dsouza A, Igoe A, Lee YJ, Maier-Moore JS, Gordon T, Jackson M, Scofield RH. Immunization with 60 kD Ro peptide produces different stages of pre-clinical autoimmunity in a Sjogren's syndrome-model among multiple strains of inbred mice. Clin Exp Immunol 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Langen ES, Chakravarty EF, Liaquat M, El-Sayed YY, Druzin ML. High Rate of Preterm Birth in Pregnancies Complicated by Rheumatoid Arthritis. Am J Perinatol 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Levin AM, Iannuzzi MC, Montgomery CG, Trudeau S, Datta I, McKeigue P, Fischer A, Nebel A, Rybicki BA. Association of ANXA11 genetic variation with sarcoidosis in African Americans and European Americans. Genes Immun 14:13-18,2013. [Abstract]

Maiti AK, Nath SK. Gene network analysis of small molecules with autoimmune disease associated genes predicts a novel strategy for drug efficacy. Autoimmun Rev 12:510-522,2013. [Abstract]

* Molineros JE, Maiti AK, Sun C, Looger LL, Han S, Kim-Howard X, Glenn S, Adler A, Kelly JA, Niewold TB, Gilkeson GS, Brown EE, Alarcon GS, Edberg JC, Petri M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Reveille JD, Vila LM, Freedman BI, Tsao BP, Criswell LA, Jacob CO, Moore JH, Vyse TJ, Langefeld CL, Guthridge JM, Gaffney PM, Moser KL, Scofield RH, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, BIOLUPUS Network, Williams SM, Merrill JT, James JA, Kaufman KM, Kimberly RP, Harley JB, Nath SK. Admixture Mapping in Lupus Identifies Multiple Functional Variants within IFIH1 Associated with Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Autoantibody Production. PLoS Genet 9:e1003222, 2013. [Abstract]

* Ramos PS, Oates JC, Kamen DL, Williams AH, Gaffney PM, Kelly JA, Kaufman KM, Kimberly RP, Niewold TB, Jacob CO, Tsao BP, Alarcón GS, Brown EE, Edberg JC, Petri MA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Reveille JD, Vilá LM, James JA, Guthridge JM, Merrill JT, Boackle SA, Freedman BI, Scofield RH, Stevens AM, Vyse TJ, Criswell LA, Moser KL, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Langefeld CD, Harley JB, Gilkeson GS. Variable Association of Reactive Intermediate Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Populations with Different African Ancestry. J Rheumatol 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Requena T, Gazquez I, Moreno A, Batuecas A, Aran I, Soto-Varela A, Santos-Perez S, Perez N, Perez-Garrigues H, Lopez-Nevot A, Martin E, Sanz R, Perez P, Trinidad G, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Teggi R, Zagato L, Lopez-Nevot MA, Lopez-Escamez JA. Allelic variants in TLR10 gene may influence bilateral affectation and clinical course of Meniere's disease. Immunogenetics 65:345-355,2013. [Abstract]

Segal BM, Pogatchnik B, Henn L, Rudser K, Sivils KM. Pain Severity and Neuropathic Pain symptoms in primary Sjogren's syndrome: A comparison study of seropositive and seronegative Sjogren's syndrome. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Shah D, Sah S, Nath SK. Interaction between glutathione and Apoptosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Autoimmun Rev 2013. [Abstract] EPub

Shah M, Mamyrova G, Targoff IN, Huber AM, Malley JD, Rice MM, Miller FW, Rider LG, with the Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. The Clinical Phenotypes of the Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies. Medicine (Baltimore) 2013:92:25-41. [Abstract]

Smith K, Muther JJ, Duke AL, McKee E, Zheng NY, Wilson PC, James JA. Fully human monoclonal antibodies from antibody secreting cells after vaccination with Pneumovax(R)23 are serotype specific and facilitate opsonophagocytosis. Immunobiology 218:745-754, 2013. [Abstract]

* Towner RA, Jensen RL, Colman H, Vaillant B, Smith N, Casteel R, Saunders D, Gillespie DL, Silasi-Mansat R, Lupu F, Giles CB, Wren JD. ELTD1, A Potential New Biomarker for Gliomas. Neurosurgery  72:77-91, 2013. [Abstract]

Waubant E, Mowry EM, Krupp L, Chitnis T, Yeh EA, Kuntz N, Ness J, Belman A, Milazzo M, Gorman M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Rodriguez M, James JA. Antibody response to common viruses and human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2013. [Abstract] EPub


* Indicates publications by more than one department.

       Contact Us

Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
825 NE 13th Street, MS 53
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: (405) 271-4987
Fax: (405) 271- 7063
Email:  judith-james@omrf.org