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Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program

What We Do

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.

Our Publications

2021

Keshari RS, Popescu NI, Silasi R, Regmi G, Lupu C, Simmons JH, Ricardo A, Coggeshall KM, Lupu F. Complement C5 inhibition protects against hemolytic anemia and acute kidney injury in anthrax peptidoglycan-induced sepsis in baboons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118, 2021 September, PMID: 34507997

Lee AS, Scofield RH, Hammitt KM, Carsons SE, Carteron NL. Response. Chest 160:e323, 2021 September, PMID: 34488985

Blakey GL, McCloskey CB, Guthridge JM, Williams CL, Lu R, Hayes JT, Pinkston KG, Talbert ML. COVID-19 Pandemic Spurs Evolution of an Academic Pathology Department and Laboratory. Acad Pathol 8:23742895211037029, 2021 August, PMID: 34458566, PMCID: PMC8385575

Agasing A, Quinn JL, Kumar G, Axtell RC. Interferon-β Intensifies Interleukin-23-Driven Pathogenicity of T Helper Cells in Neuroinflammatory Disease. Cells 10, 2021 August, PMID: 34440908, PMCID: PMC8392231

Radhakrishna U, Nath SK, Vishweswaraiah S, Uppala LV, Forray A, Muvvala SB, Mishra NK, Siddesh S, Guda C, Govindamangalam H, Vargas D, Gardella WG, Crist RC, Berrettini WH, Metpally RP, Bahado-Singh RO. Maternal opioid use disorder: Placental transcriptome analysis for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Genomics, 2021 August, PMID: 34352367

Pardo G, Coates S, Okuda DT. Outcome measures assisting treatment optimization in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol, 2021 August, PMID: 34338857

Moyer A, Chakravarty EF. Management of Pregnancy in Lupus. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 47:441-455, 2021 August, PMID: 34215373

Velasco C, Dunn C, Sturdy C, Izda V, Martin J, Rivas A, McNaughton J, Jeffries MA. Ear wound healing in MRL/MpJ mice is associated with gut microbiome composition and is transferable to non-healer mice via microbiome transplantation. PLoS One 16:e0248322, 2021 July, PMID: 34283837, PMCID: PMC8291702

Srinivasan A, Bajana S, Pankow A, Yuen C, Shah RK, Sun XH. Type 2 innate lymphoid cells from Id1 transgenic mice alleviate skin manifestations of graft-versus-host disease. BMC Immunol 22:46, 2021 July, PMID: 34256699, PMCID: PMC8278660

Subrahmanian S, Borczuk A, Salvatore S, Fung KM, Merrill JT, Laurence J, Ahamed J. Tissue Factor upregulation is associated with SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of COVID-19 patients. J Thromb Haemost, 2021 July, PMID: 34236752

Zhao M, Quintana A, Zhang C, Andreyev AY, Kiosses W, Kuwana T, Murphy A, Hogan PG, Kronenberg M. Calcium signals regulate the functional differentiation of thymic iNKT cells. EMBO J:e107901, 2021 June, PMID: 34169542, PMCID: PMC8365263

Lin SJ, Vona B, Barbalho PG, Kaiyrzhanov R, Maroofian R, Petree C, Severino M, Stanley V, Varshney P, Bahena P, Alzahrani F, Alhashem A, Pagnamenta AT, Aubertin G, Estrada-Veras JI, Hernández HAD, Mazaheri N, Oza A, Thies J, Renaud DL, Dugad S, McEvoy J, Sultan T, Pais LS, Tabarki B, Villalobos-Ramirez D, Rad A, Genomics England Research Consortium., Galehdari H, Ashrafzadeh F, Sahebzamani A, Saeidi K, Torti E, Elloumi HZ, Mora S, Palculict TB, Yang H, Wren JD, Ben Fowler, Joshi M, Behra M, Burgess SM, Nath SK, Hanna MG, Kenna M, Merritt JL 2nd, Houlden H, Karimiani EG, Zaki MS, Haaf T, Alkuraya FS, Gleeson JG, Varshney GK. Biallelic variants in KARS1 are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and hearing loss recapitulated by the knockout zebrafish. Genet Med, 2021 June, PMID: 34172899

Holloman JP, Axtell RC, Monson NL, Wu GF. The Role of B Cells in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Front Neurol 12:680581, 2021 June, PMID: 34163430, PMCID: PMC8215437

Smith K, Garman L, Norris K, Muther J, Duke A, Engler RJM, Nelson MR, Collins LC, Spooner C, Guthridge C, James JA. Insufficient Anthrax Lethal Toxin Neutralization Is Associated with Antibody Subclass and Domain Specificity in the Plasma of Anthrax-Vaccinated Individuals. Microorganisms 9, 2021 June, PMID: 34199431, PMCID: PMC8229884

Bagavant H, Araszkiewicz AM, Ingram JK, Cizio K, Merrill JT, Arriens C, Guthridge JM, James JA, Deshmukh US. Immune Response to Enterococcus gallinarum in Lupus Patients Is Associated With a Subset of Lupus-Associated Autoantibodies. Front Immunol 12:635072, 2021 May, PMID: 34122404, PMCID: PMC8193979

Merrill JT. What Did Not Work: The Drug or the Trial? Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 May, PMID: 34042321

Singh B, Maiti GP, Zhou X, Fazel-Najafabadi M, Bae SC, Sun C, Terao C, Okada Y, Chua KH, Kochi Y, Guthridge JM, Zhang H, Weirauch M, James JA, Harley JB, Varshney GK, Looger LL, Nath SK. Lupus susceptibility region containing CDKN1B rs34330 mechanistically influences expression and function of multiple target genes, also linked to proliferation and apoptosis. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 May, PMID: 33982894

Furie R, Morand EF, Askanase AD, Vital EM, Merrill JT, Kalyani RN, Abreu G, Pineda L, Tummala R. Anifrolumab reduces flare rates in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus:9612033211014267, 2021 May, PMID: 33977796

Kabeerdoss J, Sandhya P, Kurien BT, Scofield RH, Danda D. Correction to: In vitro effects of curcumin on proinflammatory cytokines and expression of their genes in minor salivary gland tissue of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Rheumatol Int, 2021 May, PMID: 33963892

Elkhalifa M, Orbai AM, Magder LS, Petri M, Alarcón GS, Gordon C, Merrill J, Fortin PR, Bruce IN, Isenberg D, Wallace D, Nived O, Ramsey-Goldman R, Bae SC, Hanly JG, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Clarke AE, Aranow C, Manzi S, Urowitz M, Gladman DD, Kalunian K, Werth VP, Zoma A, Bernatsky S, Khamashta M, Jacobsen S, Buyon JP, Dooley MA, Vollenhoven RV, Ginzler E, Stoll T, Peschken C, Jorizzo JL, Callen JP, Lim S, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Rahman A, Steinsson K, Franks AG Jr. Anti-beta 2 glycoprotein I IgA in the SLICC classification criteria dataset. Lupus:9612033211014248, 2021 May, PMID: 33957797

Basu A, Izuora K, Betts NM, Kinney JW, Salazar AM, Ebersole JL, Scofield RH. Dietary Strawberries Improve Cardiometabolic Risks in Adults with Obesity and Elevated Serum LDL Cholesterol in a Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial. Nutrients 13, 2021 April, PMID: 33922576, PMCID: PMC8145532

Wu W, Tian L, Zhang W, Booth JL, Ainsua-Enrich E, Kovats S, Brown BR, Metcalf JP. Long-term cigarette smoke exposure dysregulates pulmonary T cell response and IFN-γ protection to influenza virus in mouse. Respir Res 22:112, 2021 April, PMID: 33879121, PMCID: PMC8056367

Kabeerdoss J, Sandhya P, Kurien BT, Scofield RH, Danda D. In vitro effects of curcumin on proinflammatory cytokines and expression of their genes in minor salivary gland tissue of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Rheumatol Int, 2021 April, PMID: 33861386

Berndt N, Bippes CC, Michalk I, Bachmann D, Bachmann J, Puentes-Cala E, Bartsch T, Loureiro LR, Kegler A, Bergmann R, Gross JK, Gross T, Kurien BT, Scofield RH, Farris AD, James JA, Schmitz M, Fahmy K, Feldmann A, Arndt C, Bachmann MP. Two Be or Not Two Be: The Nuclear Autoantigen La/SS-B Is Able to Form Dimers and Oligomers in a Redox Dependent Manner. Int J Mol Sci 22, 2021 March, PMID: 33806091, PMCID: PMC8036718

Maria Z, Turner E, Agasing A, Kumar G, Axtell RC. Pertussis Toxin Inhibits Encephalitogenic T-Cell Infiltration and Promotes a B-Cell-Driven Disease during Th17-EAE. Int J Mol Sci 22, 2021 March, PMID: 33805762, PMCID: PMC7998427

Tang W, Askanase AD, Khalili L, Merrill JT. SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with SLE. Lupus Sci Med 8, 2021 March, PMID: 33685998, PMCID: PMC7941677

Engmann NJ, Sheinson D, Bawa K, Ng CD, Pardo G. Persistence and adherence to ocrelizumab compared with other disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis in U.S. commercial claims data. J Manag Care Spec Pharm:1-11, 2021 February, PMID: 33624535

Bermel RA, Waubant E, Pardo G, Bass A, Repovic P, Newsome S, Lindsey JW, Kile D, Pradhan A, Musch B, Zabeti A. Safety evaluation of shorter infusion for ocrelizumab in a substudy of the Phase IIIb CHORDS trial. Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 2021 February, PMID: 33621404, PMCID: PMC7951110

Chew C, Reynolds JA, Lertratanakul A, Wu P, Urowitz M, Gladman DD, Fortin PR, Bae SC, Gordon C, Clarke AE, Bernatsky S, Hanly JG, Isenberg D, Rahman A, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Romero-Diaz J, Merrill J, Wallace D, Ginzler E, Khamashta M, Nived O, Jönsen A, Steinsson K, Manzi S, Kalunian K, Dooley MA, Petri M, Aranow C, van Vollenhoven R, Stoll T, Alarcón GS, Lim SS, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Peschken CA, Askanase AD, Kamen DL, İnanç M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Bruce IN. Lower vitamin D is associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in systemic lupus: data from an international inception cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2021 February, PMID: 33555325

Wallace DJ, Isenberg DA, Morand EF, Vazquez-Mateo C, Kao AH, Aydemir A, Pudota K, Ona V, Aranow C, Merrill JT. Safety and clinical activity of atacicept in the long-term extension of the Phase IIb ADDRESS II study in systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2021 February, PMID: 33547784

Munroe ME, Anderson JR, Gross TF, Stunz LL, Bishop GA, James JA. Epstein-Barr Functional Mimicry: Pathogenicity of Oncogenic Latent Membrane Protein-1 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Autoimmunity. Front Immunol 11:606936, 2021 February, PMID: 33613527, PMCID: PMC7886997

Bachmann MP, Bartsch T, Bippes CC, Bachmann D, Puentes-Cala E, Bachmann J, Bartsch H, Arndt C, Koristka S, Loureiro LR, Kegler A, Laube M, Gross JK, Gross T, Kurien BT, Scofield RH, Farris AD, James JA, Schmitz M, Feldmann A. T Cell Mediated Conversion of a Non-Anti-La Reactive B Cell to an Autoreactive Anti-La B Cell by Somatic Hypermutation. Int J Mol Sci 22, 2021 January, PMID: 33530489, PMCID: PMC7865296

Towner RA, Smith N, Zalles M, Morris S, Toliver M, Saunders D, Lerner M, Kumar G, Axtell RC. ELTD1 as a biomarker for multiple sclerosis: Pre-clinical molecular-targeted studies in a mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model. Mult Scler Relat Disord 49:102786, 2021 January, PMID: 33517175, PMCID: PMC8068591

Oyelakin A, Horeth E, Song EC, Min S, Che M, Marzullo B, Lessard CJ, Rasmussen A, Radfar L, Scofield RH, Lewis DM, Stone DU, Grundahl K, De Rossi SS, Kurago Z, Farris AD, Sivils KL, Sinha S, Kramer JM, Romano RA. Transcriptomic and Network Analysis of Minor Salivary Glands of Patients With Primary Sjögren's Syndrome. Front Immunol 11:606268, 2021 January, PMID: 33488608, PMCID: PMC7821166

McKernan P, Virani NA, Faria GNF, Karch CG, Prada Silvy R, Resasco DE, Thompson LF, Harrison RG. Targeted Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Photothermal Therapy Combined with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Nanoscale Res Lett 16:9, 2021 January, PMID: 33411055, PMCID: PMC7790975

Gaines H, Jones KR, Lim J, Medhi NF, Chen S, Scofield RH. Effect of CFTR modulator therapy on cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. J Diabetes Complications:107845, 2021 January, PMID: 33558149, PMCID: PMC8113061

Ortiz Fernández L, Coit P, Yilmaz V, Yentür SP, Alibaz-Oner F, Aksu K, Erken E, Düzgün N, Keser G, Cefle A, Yazici A, Ergen A, Alpsoy E, Salvarani C, Casali B, Kısacık B, Kötter I, Henes J, Çınar M, Schaefer A, Nohutcu RM, Zhernakova A, Wijmenga C, Takeuchi F, Harihara S, Kaburaki T, Messedi M, Song YW, Kaşifoğlu T, Carmona FD, Guthridge JM, James JA, Martin J, González Escribano MF, Saruhan-Direskeneli G, Direskeneli H, Sawalha AH. Genetic association of a gain of function interferon gamma receptor 1 (IFNGR1) polymorphism and the intergenic region LNCAROD/DKK1 with Behçet's disease. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 January, PMID: 33393726, PMCID: PMC8238846


2020

Jørgensen TN, Kovats S, Lotter H. Editorial: Effects of Androgens on Immunity to Self and Foreign. Front Immunol 11:630066, 2020 December, PMID: 33408721, PMCID: PMC7779623

Bajana S, Thomas K, Georgescu C, Zhao Y, Wren JD, Kovats S, Sun XH. Augmenting E Protein Activity Impairs cDC2 Differentiation at the Pre-cDC Stage. Front Immunol 11:577718, 2020 December, PMID: 33391258, PMCID: PMC7775562

Tsaliki M, Koelsch KA, Chambers A, Talsania M, Scofield RH, Chakravarty EF. Ovarian antibodies among SLE women with premature menopause after cyclophosphamide. Int J Rheum Dis, 2020 December, PMID: 33300669

Garman L, Pelikan RC, Rasmussen A, Lareau CA, Savoy KA, Deshmukh US, Bagavant H, Levin AM, Daouk S, Drake WP, Montgomery CG. Single Cell Transcriptomics Implicate Novel Monocyte and T Cell Immune Dysregulation in Sarcoidosis. Front Immunol 11:567342, 2020 December, PMID: 33363531, PMCID: PMC7753017

Bagavant H, Deshmukh US. Protocols for Experimental Sjögren's Syndrome. Curr Protoc Immunol 131:e114, 2020 December, PMID: 33252847

Raj P, Song R, Zhu H, Riediger L, Jun DJ, Liang C, Arana C, Zhang B, Gao Y, Wakeland BE, Dozmorov I, Zhou J, Kelly JA, Lauwerys BR, Guthridge JM, Olsen NJ, Nath SK, Pasare C, van Oers N, Gilkeson G, Tsao BP, Gaffney PM, Gregersen PK, James JA, Zuo X, Karp DR, Li QZ, Wakeland EK. Deep sequencing reveals a DAP1 regulatory haplotype that potentiates autoimmunity in systemic lupus erythematosus. Genome Biol 21:281, 2020 November, PMID: 33213505, PMCID: PMC7677828

Izda V, Jeffries MA, Sawalha AH. COVID-19: A review of therapeutic strategies and vaccine candidates. Clin Immunol:108634, 2020 November, PMID: 33217545, PMCID: PMC7670907

Park EH, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Song YW, Scofield RH, Lee YJ. Baseline disease activity influences subsequent achievement of patient acceptable symptom state in Sjögren's syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2020 November, PMID: 33188390

Isenberg DA, Kao AH, Aydemir A, Merrill JT. Commentary: Systematic Review of Safety and Efficacy of Atacicept in Treating Immune-Mediated Disorders. Front Immunol 11:592639, 2020 November, PMID: 33262771, PMCID: PMC7687657

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 PR, 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. Prediction of hospitalizations in systemic lupus erythematosus using the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index (SLICC-FI). Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2020 November, PMID: 33152181, PMCID: PMC8096857

Mamyrova G, Kishi T, Shi M, Targoff IN, Huber AM, Curiel RV, Miller FW, Rider LG, Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group.. Anti-MDA5 autoantibodies associated with juvenile dermatomyositis constitute a distinct phenotype in North America. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2020 November, PMID: 33140079, PMCID: PMC8023991

Farris AD, Guthridge JM. Overlapping B cell pathways in severe COVID-19 and lupus. Nat Immunol, 2020 November, PMID: 33139917

Tripathi A, Lin E, Xie W, Flaifel A, Steinharter JA, Stern Gatof EN, Bouchard G, Fleischer JH, Martinez-Chanza N, Gray C, Mantia C, Thompson L, Wei XX, Giannakis M, McGregor BA, Choueiri TK, Agarwal N, McDermott DF, Signoretti S, Harshman LC. Prognostic significance and immune correlates of CD73 expression in renal cell carcinoma. J Immunother Cancer 8, 2020 November, PMID: 33177176, PMCID: PMC7661372

Bagavant H, Michrowska A, Deshmukh US. The NZB/W F1 mouse model for Sjögren's syndrome: A historical perspective and lessons learned. Autoimmun Rev:102686, 2020 October, PMID: 33131691, PMCID: PMC7781068

Kishi T, Warren-Hicks W, Bayat N, Targoff IN, Huber AM, Ward MM, Rider LG, with the Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Study Group .. Corticosteroid discontinuation, complete clinical response and remission in juvenile dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2020 October, PMID: 33067611, PMCID: PMC8121446

Lee AS, Scofield RH, Hammitt KM, Gupta N, Thomas DE, Moua T, Ussavarungsi K, St Clair EW, Meehan R, Dunleavy K, Makara M, Carsons SE, Carteron NL. Consensus Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Sjögren's. Chest, 2020 October, PMID: 33075377

Williams JN, Dall'Era M, Lim SS, Feldman CH, Arntsen KA, Blazer AD, Goode T, Merrill JT, Sheikh S, Stevens AM, Lipsky PE, Costenbader KH. Increasing Ancestral Diversity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Clinical Studies. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2020 October, PMID: 33026693

Ugarte-Gil MF, Gamboa-Cardenas RV, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Pimentel-Quiroz VR, Zeña-Huancas P, Elera-Fitzcarrald C, Garcia-Hirsh S, Gil L, Pastor-Asurza CA, Rodriguez-Bellido Z, Merrill J, Askanase AD, Alarcon G, Perich-Campos RA. Evaluation of the LFA-REAL clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO) and patient-reported outcome (PRO): data from the Peruvian Almenara Lupus Cohort. Lupus Sci Med 7, 2020 October, PMID: 33046557, PMCID: PMC7552838

Rasmussen A, Scofield RH. Drs. Rasmussen and Scofield reply. J Rheumatol, 2020 September, PMID: 32934128

Rasmussen A, Scofield RH. Drs. Rasmussen and Scofield reply. J Rheumatol, 2020 September, PMID: 32934135

Bernatsky S, Ramsey-Goldman R, Urowitz MB, Hanly JG, Gordon C, Petri MA, Ginzler EM, Wallace DJ, Bae SC, Romero-Diaz J, Dooley MA, Peschken CA, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Manzi S, Jacobsen S, Lim SS, van Vollenhoven R, Nived O, Kamen DL, Aranow C, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Gladman DD, Fortin PR, Alarcón GS, Merrill JT, Kalunian KC, Ramos-Casals M, Steinsson K, Zoma A, Askanase A, Khamashta MA, Bruce I, Inanc M, Clarke AE. Cancer risk in a large inception SLE cohort: Effects of demographics, smoking, and medications. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2020 August, PMID: 32813314, PMCID: PMC7892637

Vollmer TL, Cohen JA, Alvarez E, Nair KV, Boster A, Katz J, Pardo G, Pei J, Raut P, Merchant S, MacLean E, Pradhan A, Moss B. Safety results of administering ocrelizumab per a shorter infusion protocol in patients with primary progressive and relapsing multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 46:102454, 2020 August, PMID: 33045496

Igoe A, Merjanah S, Scofield RH. Sjögren Syndrome and Cancer. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 46:513-532, 2020 August, PMID: 32631601

Merrill JT, Erkan D, Winakur J, James JA. Emerging evidence of a COVID-19 thrombotic syndrome has treatment implications. Nat Rev Rheumatol, 2020 July, PMID: 32733003, PMCID: PMC7391481

Chitrakar A, Budda SA, Henderson JG, Axtell RC, Zenewicz LA. E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Von Hippel-Lindau Protein Promotes Th17 Differentiation. J Immunol, 2020 July, PMID: 32690659, PMCID: PMC8167928

Chakka S, Krain RL, Ahmed S, Concha JSS, Feng R, Merrill JT, Werth VP. Evaluating Change in Disease Activity Needed to Reflect Meaningful Improvement in Quality of Life for Clinical Trials in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2020 July, PMID: 32682879, PMCID: PMC8106875

Popescu NI, Keshari RS, Cochran J, Coggeshall KM, Lupu F. C3 Opsonization of Anthrax Bacterium and Peptidoglycan Supports Recognition and Activation of Neutrophils. Microorganisms 8, 2020 July, PMID: 32668703, PMCID: PMC7409185

Joachims ML, Leehan KM, Dozmorov MG, Georgescu C, Pan Z, Lawrence C, Marlin MC, Macwana S, Rasmussen A, Radfar L, Lewis DM, Stone DU, Grundahl K, Scofield RH, Lessard CJ, Wren JD, Thompson LF, Guthridge JM, Sivils KL, Moore JS, Farris AD. Sjögren's Syndrome Minor Salivary Gland CD4 Memory T Cells Associate with Glandular Disease Features and have a Germinal Center T Follicular Helper Transcriptional Profile. J Clin Med 9, 2020 July, PMID: 32650575, PMCID: PMC7408878

Dunn CM, Velasco C, Rivas A, Andrews M, Garman C, Jacob PB, Jeffries MA. Identification of Cartilage Microbial DNA Signatures and Associations With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 72:1111-1122, 2020 July, PMID: 31961065, PMCID: PMC7336391

Papinska J, Bagavant H, Gmyrek GB, Deshmukh US. Pulmonary Involvement in a Mouse Model of Sjögren's Syndrome Induced by STING Activation. Int J Mol Sci 21, 2020 June, PMID: 32630417, PMCID: PMC7349948

Steingo B, Al Malik Y, Bass AD, Berkovich R, Carraro M, Fernández Ó, Ionete C, Massacesi L, Meuth SG, Mitsikostas DD, Pardo G, Simm RF, Traboulsee A, Choudhry Z, Daizadeh N, Compston DAS, CAMMS223, CAMMS03409, and TOPAZ Investigators.. Long-term efficacy and safety of alemtuzumab in patients with RRMS: 12-year follow-up of CAMMS223. J Neurol, 2020 June, PMID: 32583052, PMCID: PMC7578137

Guthridge CJ, Gross T, Quintero M, Kheir JM, Levin J, Bourn RL, Khan S, Peercy M, Saunkeah B, Guthridge JM, James JA. Expanded Autoantibody Profiles for Subsetting of Native American, African American, and European American Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. ACR Open Rheumatol, 2020 June, PMID: 32567819, PMCID: PMC7368137

Liu C, Yu S, Jin R, Long Y, Lu S, Song Y, Sun X, Sun XH, Zhang Y. Correlation of the levels of DNA-binding inhibitor Id3 and regulatory T cells with SLE disease severity. J Autoimmun:102498, 2020 June, PMID: 32536579

Urowitz MB, Gladman DD, Farewell V, Su J, Romero-Diaz J, Bae SC, Fortin PR, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Clarke AE, Bernatsky S, Gordon C, Hanly JG, Wallace DJ, Isenberg D, Rahman A, Merrill J, Ginzler E, Alarcón GS, Chatham WW, Petri M, Bruce IN, Khamashta M, Aranow C, Dooley M, Manzi S, Ramsey-Goldman R, Nived O, Jönsen A, Steinsson K, Zoma A, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Kalunian KC, Ỉnanç M, van Vollenhoven R, Ramos-Casals M, Kamen DL, Jacobsen S, Peschken C, Askanase A, Stoll T. Accrual of atherosclerotic vascular events in a multicentre inception SLE cohort. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2020 June, PMID: 32515554

Hahn J, Leatherwood C, Malspeis S, Liu X, Lu B, Roberts AL, Sparks JA, Karlson EW, Feldman CH, Munroe ME, James JA, Kubzansky LD, Costenbader KH. Associations between daily alcohol consumption and systemic lupus erythematosus-related cytokines and chemokines among US female nurses without SLE. Lupus:961203320929427, 2020 June, PMID: 32507075, PMCID: PMC7497791

Agasing AM, Wu Q, Khatri B, Borisow N, Ruprecht K, Brandt AU, Gawde S, Kumar G, Quinn JL, Ko RM, Mao-Draayer Y, Lessard CJ, Paul F, Axtell RC. Transcriptomics and proteomics reveal a cooperation between interferon and T-helper 17 cells in neuromyelitis optica. Nat Commun 11:2856, 2020 June, PMID: 32503977, PMCID: PMC7275086

Slight-Webb S, Smith M, Bylinska A, Macwana S, Guthridge C, Lu R, Merrill JT, Chakravarty E, Arriens C, Munroe ME, Maecker HT, Utz PJ, Guthridge JM, James JA. Autoantibody-positive healthy individuals with lower lupus risk display a unique immune endotype. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2020 May, PMID: 32446964, PMCID: PMC7680268

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Dumas EK, Demiraslan H, Ingram RJ, Sparks RM, Muns E, Zamora A, Larabee J, Garman L, Ballard JD, Boons GJ, James JA, Kayabas U, Doganay M, Farris AD. Toxin-neutralizing antibodies elicited by naturally acquired cutaneous anthrax are elevated following severe disease and appear to target conformational epitopes. PLoS One 15:e0230782, 2020 April, PMID: 32294093, PMCID: PMC7159215

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