The human immune system is critical for protection against infections and cancer, but diseases of the immune system can be devastating. These include allergic responses, immunodeficiencies and immune reactions directed against self, called autoimmunity. Autoimmune diseases afflict at least one in twelve Americans and are a leading cause of disability and early death in young women of child-bearing age. Our mission is to improve the lives of patients through a continuum of basic mechanistic studies, clinical research, industry collaborations and clinical care.

Scientists in Arthritis and Clinical Immunology focus on understanding systemic autoimmunity and deciphering basic immunologic concepts. Our studies address the etiology, pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms of complex human autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory myositis, multiple sclerosis (MS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Our studies on immune development and mechanisms of immune protection or perturbation have broad impact on immune responses to vaccination or infection.

Our investigators use a wide range of genetic, genomic, proteomic, immunologic and molecular approaches. To facilitate these patient-oriented research activities, some of our scientists are also developing novel methods to mine large datasets and evaluate complex human genetic diseases.

In addition, the Arthritis and Clinical Immunology program houses resources that are essential for many investigators in our program and in the larger autoimmune disease research community. These include the Biorepository Core, Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Myositis Testing Laboratory, Human Antibody Core, Quantitative Analysis Core, Clinical Genomics Center and Phenotyping Core. Many of these cores were established and funded through ongoing federal grants, leveraging equipment purchased and serviced by OMRF. Our investigators also benefit from departmental journal clubs, seminar series, intentional mentorship and collaborative, multi-investigator scientific projects.

Arthritis & Clinical Immunology

Judith A. James, M.D., Ph.D.
Member and Program Chair

Mark Coggeshall, Ph.D.
Member

A. Darise Farris, Ph.D.
Member

Swapan K. Nath, Ph.D.
Member

Robert H. “Hal” Scofield, M.D.
Member

Xiao-Hong Sun, Ph.D.
Member

Linda Thompson, Ph.D.
Member

Kathy (Moser) Sivils, Ph.D.
Member

José Alberola-Ila, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Member

Robert Axtell, Ph.D.
Associate Member

Umesh Deshmukh, Ph.D.
Associate Member

Susan Kovats, Ph.D.
Associate Member

Joel Guthridge, Ph.D.
Assistant Member

Ira N. Targoff, M.D.
Assistant Member

Harini Bagavant, Ph.D.
Research Associate Member

Astrid Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Associate Member

Neelakshi Jog, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Member

Melissa E. Munroe, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Member

Narcis Popescu, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Member

Kenneth Smith, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Member

Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence

Gabriel Pardo, M.D.
Associate Member
Director

Tania Reyna, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Member

Rheumatology Center of Excellence

Eliza Chakravarty, M.D.
Associate Member

Joan T. Merrill, M.D.
Member

Cristina Arriens, M.D., MSCS
Clinical Assistant Member

2019

Ainsua-Enrich E, Hatipoglu I, Kadel S, Turner S, Paul J, Singh S, Bagavant H, Kovats S. IRF4-dependent dendritic cells regulate CD8⁺ T-cell differentiation and memory responses in influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol, 2019 May, PMID: 31089186, PMCID: PMC6527354

Askanase AD, Daly RP, Okado M, Neville K, Pong A, Hanrahan LM, Merrill JT. Development and content validity of the Lupus Foundation of America rapid evaluation of activity in lupus (LFA-REAL™): a patient-reported outcome measure for lupus disease activity. Health Qual Life Outcomes 17:99, 2019 June, PMID: 31174541, PMCID: PMC6555910

Askanase AD, Merrill JT. Measuring disease activity in SLE is an ongoing struggle. Nat Rev Rheumatol 15:194-195, 2019 April, PMID: 30804539

Bagavant H, Dunkleberger ML, Wolska N, Sroka M, Rasmussen A, Adrianto I, Montgomery C, Sivils K, Guthridge JM, James JA, Merrill JT, Deshmukh US. Antibodies to periodontogenic bacteria are associated with higher disease activity in lupus patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol 37:106-111, 2019 January, PMID: 29998833, PMCID: PMC6309750

Der E, Suryawanshi H, Morozov P, Kustagi M, Goilav B, Ranabathou S, Izmirly P, Clancy R, Belmont HM, Koenigsberg M, Mokrzycki M, Rominieki H, Graham JA, Rocca JP, Bornkamp N, Jordan N, Schulte E, Wu M, Pullman J, Slowikowski K, Raychaudhuri S, Guthridge J, James J, Buyon J, Tuschl T, Putterman C, Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (AMP RA/SLE) Consortium. Tubular cell and keratinocyte single-cell transcriptomics applied to lupus nephritis reveal type I IFN and fibrosis relevant pathways. Nat Immunol, 2019 May, PMID: 31110316

Ghodke-Puranik Y, Imgruet M, Dorschner JM, Shrestha P, McCoy K, Kelly JA, Marion M, Guthridge JM, Langefeld CD, Harley JB, James JA, Sivils KL, Niewold TB. Novel genetic associations with interferon in systemic lupus erythematosus identified by replication and fine-mapping of trait-stratified genome-wide screen. Cytokine, 2019 January, PMID: 30685201

Hanly JG, Li Q, Su L, Urowitz MB, Gordon C, Bae SC, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Bernatsky S, Clarke AE, Wallace DJ, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Merrill JT, Fortin PR, Gladman DD, Bruce IN, Petri M, Ginzler EM, Dooley MA, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Zoma AA, Manzi S, Nived O, Jonsen A, Khamashta MA, Alarcón GS, van Vollenhoven RF, Aranow C, Mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Ramos-Casals M, Lim SS, Inanc M, Kalunian KC, Jacobsen S, Peschken CA, Kamen DL, Askanase A, Theriault C, Farewell V. Psychosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results From an International Inception Cohort Study. Arthritis Rheumatol 71:281-289, 2019 February, PMID: 30375754, PMCID: PMC6353684

Harris VM, Harley ITW, Kurien BT, Koelsch KA, Scofield RH. Lysosomal pH Is Regulated in a Sex Dependent Manner in Immune Cells Expressing CXorf21. Front Immunol 10:578, 2019 April, PMID: 31001245, PMCID: PMC6454867

Hong S, Banchereau R, Maslow BL, Guerra MM, Cardenas J, Baisch J, Branch DW, Porter TF, Sawitzke A, Laskin CA, Buyon JP, Merrill J, Sammaritano LR, Petri M, Gatewood E, Cepika AM, Ohouo M, Obermoser G, Anguiano E, Kim TW, Nulsen J, Nehar-Belaid D, Blankenship D, Turner J, Banchereau J, Salmon JE, Pascual V. Longitudinal profiling of human blood transcriptome in healthy and lupus pregnancy. J Exp Med, 2019 April, PMID: 30962246, PMCID: PMC6504211

Imgenberg-Kreuz J, Rasmussen A, Sivils K, Nordmark G. Genetics and epigenetics in primary Sjögren's syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2019 February, PMID: 30770922

James JA, Chen H, Young KA, Bemis EA, Seifert J, Bourn RL, Deane KD, Demoruelle MK, Feser M, O'Dell JR, Weisman MH, Keating RM, Gaffney PM, Kelly JA, Langefeld CD, Harley JB, Robinson W, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC, Buckner J, Guthridge JM, Norris JM, Holers VM. Latent autoimmunity across disease-specific boundaries in at-risk first-degree relatives of SLE and RA patients. EBioMedicine, 2019 April, PMID: 30952617, PMCID: PMC6491794

Kottyan LC, Maddox A, Braxton JR, Stucke EM, Mukkada V, Putnam PE, Abonia JP, Chehade M, Wood RA, Pesek RD, Vickery BP, Furuta GT, Dawson P, Sampson HA, Martin LJ, Kelly JA, Kimberly RP, Sivils K, Gaffney PM, Kaufman K, Harley JB, Rothenberg ME. Genetic variants at the 16p13 locus confer risk for eosinophilic esophagitis. Genes Immun 20:281-292, 2019 April, PMID: 29904099, PMCID: PMC6286696

Kurien BT, Aggarwal R, Scofield RH. Protein Extraction from Gels: A Brief Review. Methods Mol Biol 1855:479-482, 2019 January, PMID: 30426441

Kurien BT, Scofield RH. Artifacts and Common Errors in Protein Gel Electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol 1855:511-518, 2019 January, PMID: 30426446

Kurien BT, Scofield RH. Isoelectric Focusing on Non-Denaturing Flatbed Gels. Methods Mol Biol 1855:93-100, 2019 January, PMID: 30426410

Legge A, Kirkland S, Rockwood K, Andreou P, Bae SC, Gordon C, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Wallace DJ, Bernatsky S, Clarke AE, Merrill JT, Ginzler EM, Fortin P, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB, Bruce IN, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Alarcón GS, Petri M, Khamashta MA, Dooley MA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Steinsson K, Zoma AA, Aranow C, Mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim SS, Inanc M, van Vollenhoven RF, Jonsen A, Nived O, Ramos-Casals M, Kamen DL, Kalunian KC, Jacobsen S, Peschken CA, Askanase A, Hanly JG. Evaluating the properties of a frailty index and its association with mortality risk among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2019 February, PMID: 30771242

Legge A, Kirkland S, Rockwood K, Andreou P, Bae SC, Gordon C, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Wallace DJ, Bernatsky S, Clarke AE, Merrill JT, Ginzler EM, Fortin P, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB, Bruce IN, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Alarcón GS, Petri M, Khamashta MA, Dooley MA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Zoma AA, Aranow C, Mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim SS, Inanc M, van Vollenhoven RF, Jonsen A, Nived O, Ramos-Casals M, Kamen DL, Kalunian KC, Jacobsen S, Peschken CA, Askanase A, Hanly JG. Construction of a frailty index as a novel health measure in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol, 2019 April, PMID: 30988130

Lu R, Guthridge JM, Chen H, Bourn RL, Kamp S, Munroe ME, Macwana SR, Bean K, Sridharan S, Merrill JT, James JA. Immunologic findings precede rapid lupus flare after transient steroid therapy. Sci Rep 9:8590, 2019 June, PMID: 31197240

Mendel A, Bernatsky S, Pineau CA, St-Pierre Y, Hanly JG, Urowitz MB, Clarke AE, Romero-Diaz J, Gordon C, Bae SC, Wallace DJ, Merrill JT, Buyon J, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Ginzler EM, Petri M, Dooley MA, Fortin P, Gladman DD, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Khamashta MA, Aranow C, Mackay M, Alarcón G, Manzi S, Nived O, Jönsen A, Zoma AA, van Vollenhoven RF, Ramos-Casals M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Kalunian KC, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Peschken CA, Jacobsen S, Askanase A, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Bruce IN, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Vinet E. Use of combined hormonal contraceptives among women with systemic lupus erythematosus with and without medical contraindications to oestrogen. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2019 February, PMID: 30753683

Molineros JE, Looger LL, Kim K, Okada Y, Terao C, Sun C, Zhou XJ, Raj P, Kochi Y, Suzuki A, Akizuki S, Nakabo S, Bang SY, Lee HS, Kang YM, Suh CH, Chung WT, Park YB, Choe JY, Shim SC, Lee SS, Zuo X, Yamamoto K, Li QZ, Shen N, Porter LL, Harley JB, Chua KH, Zhang H, Wakeland EK, Tsao BP, Bae SC, Nath SK. Amino acid signatures of HLA Class-I and II molecules are strongly associated with SLE susceptibility and autoantibody production in Eastern Asians. PLoS Genet 15:e1008092, 2019 April, PMID: 31022184, PMCID: PMC6504188

Molineros JE, Singh B, Terao C, Okada Y, Kaplan J, McDaniel B, Akizuki S, Sun C, Webb CF, Looger LL, Nath SK. Mechanistic Characterization of RASGRP1 Variants Identifies an hnRNP-K-Regulated Transcriptional Enhancer Contributing to SLE Susceptibility. Front Immunol 10:1066, 2019 May, PMID: 31164884, PMCID: PMC6536009

Moore C, Blumhagen RZ, Yang IV, Walts A, Powers J, Walker T, Bishop M, Russell P, Vestal B, Cardwell J, Markin CR, Mathai SK, Schwarz MI, Steele MP, Lee J, Brown KK, Loyd JE, Crapo JD, Silverman EK, Cho MH, James JA, Guthridge JM, Cogan JD, Kropski JA, Swigris JJ, Bair C, Soon Kim D, Ji W, Kim H, Song JW, Maier LA, Pacheco KA, Hirani N, Poon AS, Li F, Jenkins RG, Braybrooke R, Saini G, Maher TM, Molyneaux PL, Saunders P, Zhang Y, Gibson KF, Kass DJ, Rojas M, Sembrat J, Wolters PJ, Collard HR, Sundy JS, O'Riordan T, Strek ME, Noth I, Ma SF, Porteous MK, Kreider ME, Patel NB, Inoue Y, Hirose M, Arai T, Akagawa S, Eickelberg O, Fernandez IE, Behr J, Mogulkoc N, Corte TJ, Glaspole I, Tomassetti S, Ravaglia C, Poletti V, Crestani B, Borie R, Kannengiesser C, Parfrey H, Fiddler C, Rassl D, Molina-Molina M, Machahua C, Montes Worboys A, Gudmundsson G, Isaksson HJ, Lederer DJ, Podolanczuk AJ, Montesi SB, Bendstrup E, Danchel V, Selman M, Pardo A, Henry MT, Keane MP, Doran P, Vašáková M, Sterclova M, Ryerson CJ, Wilcox PG, Okamoto T, Furusawa H, Miyazaki Y, Laurent G, Baltic S, Prele C, Moodley Y, Shea BS, Ohta K, Suzukawa M, Narumoto O, Nathan SD, Venuto DC, Woldehanna ML, Kokturk N, de Andrade JA, Luckhardt T, Kulkarni T, Bonella F, Donnelly SC, McElroy A, Armstrong ME, Aranda A, Carbone RG, Puppo F, Beckman KB, Nickerson DA, Fingerlin TE, Schwartz DA. Resequencing Study Confirms Host Defense and Cell Senescence Gene Variants Contribute to the Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2019 April, PMID: 31034279

Pan Z, Dumas EK, Lawrence C, Pate L, Longobardi S, Wang X, James JA, Kovats S, Farris AD. Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Inhibits Efferocytosis in Human Macrophages and Alters Efferocytic Receptor Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 20, 2019 March, PMID: 30866434, PMCID: PMC6429438

Qian L, Bajana S, Georgescu C, Peng V, Wang HC, Adrianto I, Colonna M, Alberola-Ila J, Wren JD, Sun XH. Suppression of ILC2 differentiation from committed T cell precursors by E protein transcription factors. J Exp Med 216:884-899, 2019 April, PMID: 30898894, PMCID: PMC6446881

Sabbagh S, Pinal-Fernandez I, Kishi T, Targoff IN, Miller FW, Rider LG, Mammen AL, Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group.. Anti-Ro52 autoantibodies are associated with interstitial lung disease and more severe disease in patients with juvenile myositis. Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 April, PMID: 31018961

Scofield RH, Sharma R, Pezant N, Kelly JA, Radfar L, Lewis DM, Kaufman CE, Cioli S, Harris J, Grundahl K, Rhodus NL, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Venuturupalli S, Brennan MT, Koelsch KA, Lessard CJ, Montgomery CG, Sivils KL, Rasmussen A. American Indians Have A Higher Risk Of Sjögren's Syndrome And More Disease Activity Than Caucasians And African-Americans. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2019 June, PMID: 31199565

Shah HB, Smith K, Wren JD, Webb CF, Ballard JD, Bourn RL, James JA, Lang ML. Insights From Analysis of Human Antigen-Specific Memory B Cell Repertoires. Front Immunol 9:3064, 2019 January, PMID: 30697210, PMCID: PMC6340933

Sharma R, Chaudhari KS, Kurien BT, Grundahl K, Radfar L, Lewis DM, Lessard CJ, Li H, Rasmussen A, Sivils KL, Scofield RH. Sjögren's Syndrome without focal lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands. J Rheumatol, 2019 May, PMID: 31092717

Singh B, Nath SK. Identification of Proteins Interacting with Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) by DNA Pull-Down Assay. Methods Mol Biol 1855:355-362, 2019 January, PMID: 30426431

Slight-Webb S, Guthridge JM, Chakravarty EF, Chen H, Lu R, Macwana S, Bean K, Maecker HT, Utz PJ, James JA. Mycophenolate mofetil reduces STAT3 phosphorylation in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. JCI Insight 4, 2019 January, PMID: 30674728, PMCID: PMC6413783

Stathopoulos P, Chastre A, Waters P, Irani S, Fichtner ML, Benotti ES, Guthridge JM, Seifert J, Nowak RJ, Buckner JH, Holers VM, James JA, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC. Autoantibodies against Neurologic Antigens in Nonneurologic Autoimmunity. J Immunol 202:2210-2219, 2019 April, PMID: 30824481, PMCID: PMC6452031

Trieu EP, Targoff IN. SDS-PAGE for ³⁵S Immunoprecipitation and Immunoprecipitation Western Blotting. Methods Mol Biol 1855:417-436, 2019 January, PMID: 30426436

Umare V, Pradhan V, Nath S, Rajadhyaksha A, Ghosh K, Nadkarni AH. Impact of functional IL-18 polymorphisms on genetic predisposition and diverse clinical manifestations of the disease in Indian SLE patients. Lupus 28:545-554, 2019 April, PMID: 30857465

Vivino F, Bunya VY, Massaro-Giordano G, Johr CR, Giattino SL, Schorpion A, Shafer B, Peck A, Sivils K, Rasmussen A, Chiorini JA, He J, Ambrus JL Jr. Sjogren's syndrome: An update on disease pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment. Clin Immunol 203:81-121, 2019 April, PMID: 31022578

Wallace DJ, Ginzler EM, Merrill JT, Furie RA, Stohl W, Chatham WW, Weinstein A, McKay JD, McCune WJ, Petri M, Fettiplace J, Roth DA, Ji B, Heath A. Safety and efficacy of belimumab plus standard therapy for up to 13 years in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2019 February, PMID: 30771238

Wang Z, Liu X, Muther J, James JA, Smith K, Wu S. Top-down Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Human Serum Autoantibody Antigen-Binding Fragments. Sci Rep 9:2345, 2019 February, PMID: 30787393, PMCID: PMC6382847

Werth VP, Merrill JT. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase II trial of baricitinib for systemic lupus erythematosus: how to optimize lupus trials to examine effects on cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Br J Dermatol 180:964-965, 2019 May, PMID: 31025748

Yan A, Joachims ML, Thompson LF, Miller AD, Canoll PD, Bynoe MS. CD73 promotes glioblastoma pathogenesis and enhances its chemoresistance via A_2B adenosine receptor signaling. J Neurosci, 2019 March, PMID: 30926752, PMCID: PMC6538855

Young KA, Munroe ME, Guthridge JM, Kamen DL, Gilkensen GS, Harley JB, Weisman MH, Karp DR, Wallace DJ, James JA, Norris JM. Screening characteristics for enrichment of individuals at higher risk for transitioning to classified SLE. Lupus 28:597-606, 2019 April, PMID: 30845880, PMCID: PMC6506346

2018

Askanase AD, Nguyen SC, Costenbader K, Lim SS, Kamen D, Aranow C, Grossman J, Kapoor TM, Baker-Frost D, Aberle T, Thanou-Stavraki A, Hanrahan LM, Kim M, Merrill JT. Comparison of the Lupus Foundation of America-Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus to More Complex Disease Activity Instruments As Evaluated by Clinical Investigators or Real-World Clinicians. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 70:1058-1063, 2018 July, PMID: 28992399

Bagavant H, Trzeciak M, Papinska J, Biswas I, Dunkleberger ML, Sosnowska A, Deshmukh US. A Method for the Measurement of Salivary Gland Function in Mice. J Vis Exp, 2018 January, PMID: 29443033, PMCID: PMC5828684

Bermas BL, Tassinari M, Clowse M, Chakravarty E. The new FDA labeling rule: impact on prescribing rheumatological medications during pregnancy. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:v2-v8, 2018 July, PMID: 30137587, PMCID: PMC6099131

Booth JL, Duggan ES, Patel VI, Wu W, Burian DM, Hutchings DC, White VL, Coggeshall KM, Dozmorov MG, Metcalf JP. Gene expression profiling of primary human type I alveolar epithelial cells exposed to Bacillus anthracis spores reveals induction of neutrophil and monocyte chemokines. Microb Pathog 121:9-21, 2018 August, PMID: 29704667, PMCID: PMC6077097

Cheng LE, Amoura Z, Cheah B, Hiepe F, Sullivan BA, Zhou L, Arnold GE, Tsuji WH, Merrill JT, Chung JB. Brief Report: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple-Dose Study to Evaluate AMG 557 in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Active Lupus Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 70:1071-1076, 2018 July, PMID: 29513931, PMCID: PMC6032945

Choi MY, Clarke AE, St Pierre Y, Hanly JG, Urowitz MB, Romero-Diaz J, Gordon C, Bae SC, Bernatsky S, Wallace DJ, Merrill JT, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Ginzler EM, Petri M, Bruce IN, Dooley MA, Fortin PR, Gladman DD, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Khamashta MA, Aranow C, Alarcón GS, Manzi S, Nived O, Zoma AA, van Vollenhoven RF, Ramos-Casals M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim SS, Kalunian KC, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Peschken CA, Jacobsen S, Askanase A, Stoll T, Buyon J, Mahler M, Fritzler MJ. Antinuclear Antibody-Negative Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in an International Inception Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2018 July, PMID: 30044551

Fjeldstad-Pardo C, Thiessen A, Pardo G. Telerehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: Results of a Randomized Feasibility and Efficacy Pilot Study. Int J Telerehabil 10:55-64, 2018 December, PMID: 30588276, PMCID: PMC6296802

Freitas EDS, Frederiksen C, Miller RM, Heishman A, Anderson M, Pardo G, Fjeldstad C, Bemben DA, Bemben MG. Acute and Chronic Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance, Postural Stability, and Mobility in Women With Multiple Sclerosis. Dose Response 16:1559325818816577, 2018 December, PMID: 30627068, PMCID: PMC6311586

Girton AW, Popescu NI, Keshari RS, Burgett T, Lupu F, Coggeshall KM. Serum Amyloid P and IgG Exhibit Differential Capabilities in the Activation of the Innate Immune System in Response to Bacillus anthracis Peptidoglycan. Infect Immun 86, 2018 April, PMID: 29531132, PMCID: PMC5913848

Glauzy S, Boccitto M, Bannock JM, Delmotte FR, Saadoun D, Cacoub P, Ice JA, Sivils KL, James JA, Wolin SL, Meffre E. Accumulation of Antigen-Driven Lymphoproliferations in Complement Receptor 2/CD21^-/low B Cells From Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol 70:298-307, 2018 February, PMID: 29073352, PMCID: PMC5788702

Hanly JG, Li Q, Su L, Urowitz MB, Gordon C, Bae SC, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Bernatsky S, Clarke AE, Wallace DJ, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Merrill JT, Fortin P, Gladman DD, Bruce IN, Petri M, Ginzler EM, Dooley MA, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Zoma AA, Manzi S, Nived O, Jonsen A, Khamashta MA, Alarcón GS, Chatham W, van Vollenhoven RF, Aranow C, Mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Ramos-Casals M, Lim SS, Inanc M, Kalunian KC, Jacobsen S, Peschken CA, Kamen DL, Askanase A, Theriault C, Farewell V. Cerebrovascular Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results From an International Inception Cohort Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 70:1478-1487, 2018 October, PMID: 29316357, PMCID: PMC6033693

Hanscombe KB, Morris DL, Noble JA, Dilthey AT, Tombleson P, Kaufman KM, Comeau M, Langefeld CD, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, Gaffney PM, Jacob CO, Sivils KL, Tsao BP, Alarcon GS, Brown EE, Croker J, Edberg J, Gilkeson G, James JA, Kamen DL, Kelly JA, McCune J, Merrill JT, Petri M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Reveille JD, Salmon JE, Scofield H, Utset T, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Kimberly RP, Harley JB, Lewis CM, Criswell LA, Vyse TJ. Genetic fine mapping of systemic lupus erythematosus MHC associations in Europeans and African Americans. Hum Mol Genet 27:3813-3824, 2018 November, PMID: 30085094, PMCID: PMC6196648

Harris VM, Sharma R, Cavett J, Kurien BT, Liu K, Koelsch KA, Rasmussen A, Radfar L, Lewis D, Stone DU, Kaufman CE, Li S, Segal B, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Venuturupalli S, Kelly JA, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, Pons-Estel B, Jonsson R, Lu X, Gottenberg JE, Anaya JM, Cunninghame-Graham DS, Huang AJW, Brennan MT, Hughes P, Alevizos I, Miceli-Richard C, Keystone EC, Bykerk VP, Hirschfield G, Xie G, Siminovitch KA, Ng WF, Nordmark G, Bucher SM, Eriksson P, Omdal R, Rhodus NL, Rischmueller M, Rohrer M, Wahren-Herlenius M, Witte T, Mariette X, Lessard CJ, Harley JB, Sivils KL, Scofield RH. Corrigendum to "Klinefelter's syndrome (47,XXY) is in excess among men with Sjögren's syndrome" [Clin. Immunol. 168 (2016) 25-29]. Clin Immunol 187:137-138, 2018 February, PMID: 29195081

Husain F, Pardo G, Rabadi M. Headache and Its Management in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis. Curr Treat Options Neurol 20:10, 2018 March, PMID: 29574601

Isenberg D, Sturgess J, Allen E, Aranow C, Askanase A, Sang-Cheol B, Bernatsky S, Bruce I, Buyon J, Cervera R, Clarke A, Dooley MA, Fortin P, Ginzler E, Gladman D, Hanly J, Inanc M, Jacobsen S, Kamen D, Khamashta M, Lim S, Manzi S, Nived O, Peschken C, Petri M, Kalunian K, Rahman A, Ramsey-Goldman R, Romero-Diaz J, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Steinsson K, Sturfelt G, Urowitz M, van Vollenhoven R, Wallace DJ, Zoma A, Merrill J, Gordon C. Study of Flare Assessment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Based on Paper Patients. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 70:98-103, 2018 January, PMID: 28388813, PMCID: PMC5767751

Jog NR, Chakravarty EF, Guthridge JM, James JA. Epstein Barr Virus Interleukin 10 Suppresses Anti-inflammatory Phenotype in Human Monocytes. Front Immunol 9:2198, 2018 October, PMID: 30356670, PMCID: PMC6189329

Joo YB, Lim J, Tsao BP, Nath SK, Kim K, Bae SC. Genetic variants in systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility loci, XKR6 and GLT1D1 are associated with childhood-onset SLE in a Korean cohort. Sci Rep 8:9962, 2018 July, PMID: 29967481, PMCID: PMC6028392

Joo YB, Lim J, Tsao BP, Nath SK, Kim K, Bae SC. Publisher Correction: Genetic variants in systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility loci, XKR6 and GLT1D1 are associated with childhood-onset SLE in a Korean cohort. Sci Rep 8:11713, 2018 July, PMID: 30065249, PMCID: PMC6068122

Kadel S, Ainsua-Enrich E, Hatipoglu I, Turner S, Singh S, Khan S, Kovats S. A Major Population of Functional KLRG1^- ILC2s in Female Lungs Contributes to a Sex Bias in ILC2 Numbers. Immunohorizons 2:74-86, 2018 February, PMID: 29568816, PMCID: PMC5860819

Kadel S, Kovats S. Sex Hormones Regulate Innate Immune Cells and Promote Sex Differences in Respiratory Virus Infection. Front Immunol 9:1653, 2018 July, PMID: 30079065, PMCID: PMC6062604

Kalunian KC, Urowitz MB, Isenberg D, Merrill JT, Petri M, Furie RA, Morgan-Cox MA, Taha R, Watts S, Silk M, Linnik MD. Clinical trial parameters that influence outcomes in lupus trials that use the systemic lupus erythematosus responder index. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:125-133, 2018 January, PMID: 29045736

Kaplowitz ET, Ferguson S, Guerra M, Laskin CA, Buyon JP, Petri M, Lockshin MD, Sammaritano LR, Branch DW, Merrill JT, Katz P, Salmon JE. Contribution of Socioeconomic Status to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 70:230-235, 2018 February, PMID: 28480528

Karp DR, Chong BF, James JA, Arriens C, Ishimori M, Wallace DJ, Liao D, Olsen NJ. Mock Recruitment for the Study of Antimalarials in Incomplete Lupus Erythematosus Trial. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2018 October, PMID: 30369087, PMCID: PMC6487234

Kheir JM, Guthridge CJ, Johnston JR, Adams LJ, Rasmussen A, Gross TF, Munroe ME, Bourn RL, Sivils KL, Guthridge JM, Weisman MH, Wallace DJ, Anaya JM, Rojas Villarraga A, Jarvis JN, Harley JB, James JA. Unique clinical characteristics, autoantibodies and medication use in Native American patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus Sci Med 5:e000247, 2018 February, PMID: 29531773, PMCID: PMC5844376

Kim M, Merrill JT, Kalunian K, Hanrahan L, Izmirly P. Evaluating duration of response to treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus clinical trials. Lupus Sci Med 5:e000266, 2018 August, PMID: 30319781, PMCID: PMC6088344

Kim MY, Guerra MM, Kaplowitz E, Laskin CA, Petri M, Branch DW, Lockshin MD, Sammaritano LR, Merrill JT, Porter TF, Sawitzke A, Lynch AM, Buyon JP, Salmon JE. Complement activation predicts adverse pregnancy outcome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid antibodies. Ann Rheum Dis 77:549-555, 2018 April, PMID: 29371202, PMCID: PMC6037302

Kivitz A, Olech E, Borofsky MA, Zazueta B, Navarro-Sarabia F, Radominski SC, Merrill JT, Pacheco-Tena C, Pei J, Nasmyth-Miller C, Pope JE. Two-year Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Tocilizumab in Combination with Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Including Escalation to Weekly Dosing in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol 45:456-464, 2018 April, PMID: 29247149

Koelsch KA, Cavett J, Smith K, Moore JS, Lehoux SD, Jia N, Mather T, Quadri SMS, Rasmussen A, Kaufman CE, Lewis DM, Radfar L, Scordino TA, Lessard CJ, Kurien BT, Cummings RD, James JA, Sivils KL, Farris AD, Scofield RH. Evidence of Alternative Modes of B Cell Activation Involving Acquired Fab Regions of N-Glycosylation in Antibody-Secreting Cells Infiltrating the Labial Salivary Glands of Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol 70:1102-1113, 2018 July, PMID: 29457375, PMCID: PMC6019603

Kolstad KD, Fiorentino D, Li S, Chakravarty EF, Chung L. Pregnancy outcomes in adult patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 47:865-869, 2018 June, PMID: 29217291, PMCID: PMC5960607

Kondo Y, Fu J, Wang H, Hoover C, McDaniel JM, Steet R, Patra D, Song J, Pollard L, Cathey S, Yago T, Wiley G, Macwana S, Guthridge J, McGee S, Li S, Griffin C, Furukawa K, James JA, Ruan C, McEver RP, Wierenga KJ, Gaffney PM, Xia L. Site-1 protease deficiency causes human skeletal dysplasia due to defective inter-organelle protein trafficking. JCI Insight 3, 2018 July, PMID: 30046013, PMCID: PMC6124414

Langer M, Girton AW, Popescu NI, Burgett T, Metcalf JP, Coggeshall KM. Neither Lys- and DAP-type peptidoglycans stimulate mouse or human innate immune cells via Toll-like receptor 2. PLoS One 13:e0193207, 2018 February, PMID: 29474374, PMCID: PMC5825070

Leehan KM, Pezant NP, Rasmussen A, Grundahl K, Moore JS, Radfar L, Lewis DM, Stone DU, Lessard CJ, Rhodus NL, Segal BM, Scofield RH, Sivils KL, Montgomery C, Farris AD. Minor salivary gland fibrosis in Sjögren's syndrome is elevated, associated with focus score and not solely a consequence of aging. Clin Exp Rheumatol 36 Suppl 112:80-88, 2018 May, PMID: 29148407, PMCID: PMC5913007

Little J, Parker B, Lunt M, Hanly JG, Urowitz MB, Clarke AE, Romero-Diaz J, Gordon C, Bae SC, Bernatsky S, Wallace DJ, Merrill JT, Buyon J, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Ginzler EM, Petri M, Dooley MA, Fortin P, Gladman DD, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Khamashta MA, Aranow C, Mackay M, Alarcón GS, Manzi S, Nived O, Jönsen A, Zoma AA, van Vollenhoven RF, Ramos-Casals M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Sam Lim S, Kalunian KC, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Peschken CA, Jacobsen S, Askanase A, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Bruce IN. Glucocorticoid use and factors associated with variability in this use in the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Inception Cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:677-687, 2018 April, PMID: 29361147, PMCID: PMC5888922

Mamyrova G, Kishi T, Targoff IN, Ehrlich A, Curiel RV, Rider LG, Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group .. Features distinguishing clinically amyopathic juvenile dermatomyositis from juvenile dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:1956-1963, 2018 November, PMID: 30016492, PMCID: PMC6199536

Mariette X, Förger F, Abraham B, Flynn AD, Moltó A, Flipo RM, van Tubergen A, Shaughnessy L, Simpson J, Teil M, Helmer E, Wang M, Chakravarty EF. Lack of placental transfer of certolizumab pegol during pregnancy: results from CRIB, a prospective, postmarketing, pharmacokinetic study. Ann Rheum Dis 77:228-233, 2018 February, PMID: 29030361, PMCID: PMC5867410

Martínez-Bueno M, Oparina N, Dozmorov MG, Marion MC, Comeau ME, Gilkeson G, Kamen D, Weisman M, Salmon J, McCune JW, Harley JB, Kimberly R, James JA, Merrill J, Montgomery C, Langefeld CD, Alarcón-Riquelme ME. Trans-Ethnic Mapping of BANK1 Identifies Two Independent SLE-Risk Linkage Groups Enriched for Co-Transcriptional Splicing Marks. Int J Mol Sci 19, 2018 August, PMID: 30096841, PMCID: PMC6121630

Mendel A, Bernatsky SB, Hanly JG, Urowitz MB, Clarke AE, Romero-Diaz J, Gordon C, Bae SC, Wallace DJ, Merrill JT, Buyon JP, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Ginzler EM, Petri M, Dooley MA, Fortin PR, Gladman DD, Steinsson K, Ramsey-Goldman R, Khamashta MA, Aranow C, Mackay M, Alarcón GS, Manzi S, Nived O, Jönsen A, Zoma AA, van Vollenhoven RF, Ramos-Casals M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Kalunian KC, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Peschken CA, Jacobsen S, Askanase A, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Bruce IN, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Vinet É. Low aspirin use and high prevalence of pre-eclampsia risk factors among pregnant women in a multinational SLE inception cohort. Ann Rheum Dis, 2018 December, PMID: 30573656

Merrill JT, Furie R, Werth VP, Khamashta M, Drappa J, Wang L, Illei G, Tummala R. Anifrolumab effects on rash and arthritis: impact of the type I interferon gene signature in the phase IIb MUSE study in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus Sci Med 5:e000284, 2018 November, PMID: 30588322, PMCID: PMC6280909

Merrill JT, Manzi S, Aranow C, Askenase A, Bruce I, Chakravarty E, Chong B, Costenbader K, Dall'Era M, Ginzler E, Hanrahan L, Kalunian K, Merola J, Raymond S, Rovin B, Saxena A, Werth VP. Lupus community panel proposals for optimising clinical trials: 2018. Lupus Sci Med 5:e000258, 2018 March, PMID: 29657738, PMCID: PMC5894527

Merrill JT, Petri MA, Buyon J, Ramsey-Goldman R, Kalunian K, Putterman C, Conklin J, Furie RA, Dervieux T. Erythrocyte-bound C4d in combination with complement and autoantibody status for the monitoring of SLE. Lupus Sci Med 5:e000263, 2018 May, PMID: 29868177, PMCID: PMC5976122

Merrill JT, Shanahan WR, Scheinberg M, Kalunian KC, Wofsy D, Martin RS. Phase III trial results with blisibimod, a selective inhibitor of B-cell activating factor, in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis 77:883-889, 2018 June, PMID: 29563108

Mollard E, Pedro S, Chakravarty E, Clowse M, Schumacher R, Michaud K. The impact of menopause on functional status in women with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:798-802, 2018 May, PMID: 29385538

Olsen NJ, James JA, Arriens C, Ishimori ML, Wallace DJ, Kamen DL, Chong BF, Liao D, Chinchilli VM, Karp DR. Study of Anti-Malarials in Incomplete Lupus Erythematosus (SMILE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19:694, 2018 December, PMID: 30572906, PMCID: PMC6302430

Papinska J, Bagavant H, Gmyrek GB, Sroka M, Tummala S, Fitzgerald KA, Deshmukh US. Activation of Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) and Sjögren Syndrome. J Dent Res 97:893-900, 2018 July, PMID: 29505322

Patel ZH, Lu X, Miller D, Forney CR, Lee J, Lynch A, Schroeder C, Parks L, Magnusen AF, Chen X, Pujato M, Maddox A, Zoller EE, Namjou B, Brunner HI, Henrickson M, Huggins JL, Williams AH, Ziegler JT, Comeau ME, Marion MC, Glenn SB, Adler A, Shen N, Nath SK, Stevens AM, Freedman BI, Pons-Estel BA, Tsao BP, Jacob CO, Kamen DL, Brown EE, Gilkeson GS, Alarcón GS, Martin J, Reveille JD, Anaya JM, James JA, Sivils KL, Criswell LA, Vilá LM, Petri M, Scofield RH, Kimberly RP, Edberg JC, Ramsey-Goldman R, Bang SY, Lee HS, Bae SC, Boackle SA, Cunninghame Graham D, Vyse TJ, Merrill JT, Niewold TB, Ainsworth HC, Silverman ED, Weisman MH, Wallace DJ, Raj P, Guthridge JM, Gaffney PM, Kelly JA, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Langefeld CD, Wakeland EK, Kaufman KM, Weirauch MT, Harley JB, Kottyan LC. A plausibly causal functional lupus-associated risk variant in the STAT1-STAT4 locus. Hum Mol Genet 27:2392-2404, 2018 July, PMID: 29912393, PMCID: PMC6005081

Pelikan RC, Kelly JA, Fu Y, Lareau CA, Tessneer KL, Wiley GB, Wiley MM, Glenn SB, Harley JB, Guthridge JM, James JA, Aryee MJ, Montgomery C, Gaffney PM. Enhancer histone-QTLs are enriched on autoimmune risk haplotypes and influence gene expression within chromatin networks. Nat Commun 9:2905, 2018 July, PMID: 30046115, PMCID: PMC6060153

Qi YY, Zhou XJ, Nath SK, Sun C, Wang YN, Hou P, Mu R, Li C, Guo JP, Li ZG, Wang G, Xu HJ, Hao YJ, Zhang ZL, Yue WH, Zhang H, Zhao MH, Zhang H. A Rare Variant (rs933717) at FBXO31-MAP1LC3B in Chinese Is Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol 70:287-297, 2018 February, PMID: 29044928, PMCID: PMC5788706

Quinn JL, Axtell RC. Emerging Role of Follicular T Helper Cells in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Int J Mol Sci 19, 2018 October, PMID: 30347676, PMCID: PMC6214126

Quinn JL, Kumar G, Agasing A, Ko RM, Axtell RC. Role of TFH Cells in Promoting T Helper 17-Induced Neuroinflammation. Front Immunol 9:382, 2018 February, PMID: 29535739, PMCID: PMC5835081

Schiffenbauer A, Faghihi-Kashani S, O'Hanlon TP, Flegel WA, Adams SD, Targoff IN, Oddis CV, Ytterberg SR, Aggarwal R, Christopher-Stine L, Shamim EA, Dellaripa PF, Danoff SK, Mammen AL, Miller FW. The effect of cigarette smoking on the clinical and serological phenotypes of polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 48:504-512, 2018 December, PMID: 29703532, PMCID: PMC6133760

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Sroka M, Bagavant H, Biswas I, Ballard A, Deshmukh US. Immune response against the coiled coil domain of Sjögren's syndrome associated autoantigen Ro52 induces salivary gland dysfunction. Clin Exp Rheumatol 36 Suppl 112:41-46, 2018 May, PMID: 29465352, PMCID: PMC6068008

St Clair EW, Baer AN, Wei C, Noaiseh G, Parke A, Coca A, Utset TO, Genovese MC, Wallace DJ, McNamara J, Boyle K, Keyes-Elstein L, Browning JL, Franchimont N, Smith K, Guthridge JM, Sanz I, James JA, Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence.. Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Baminercept, a Lymphotoxin β Receptor Fusion Protein, in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Results From a Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol 70:1470-1480, 2018 September, PMID: 29604186, PMCID: PMC6115299

Thanou A, Merrill JT. New Trials in Lupus and where Are we Going. Curr Rheumatol Rep 20:34, 2018 May, PMID: 29725880

Trzeciak M, Bagavant H, Papinska J, Deshmukh US. Immune Response Targeting Sjögren's Syndrome Antigen Ro52 Suppresses Tear Production in Female Mice. Int J Mol Sci 19, 2018 September, PMID: 30261673, PMCID: PMC6213551

Vinet E, Chakravarty EF, Clowse MEB. Power in numbers. Rheumatology (Oxford) 57:v40-v47, 2018 July, PMID: 30137590, PMCID: PMC6099130

Vinet E, Chakravarty EF, Simard JF, Clowse M. Use of Administrative Databases to Assess Reproductive Health Issues in Rheumatic Diseases. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 44:327-336, 2018 May, PMID: 29622299

Young KA, Munroe ME, Harley JB, Guthridge JM, Kamen DL, Gilkensen GS, Weisman MH, Karp DR, Wallace DJ, James JA, Norris JM. Less than 7 hours of sleep per night is associated with transitioning to systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 27:1524-1531, 2018 August, PMID: 29804502, PMCID: PMC6026567

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