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Rashdan H, Zhang S, Wan G, Nguyen N, Roster K, Rajeh A, Tang K, Chen W, Moseley C, Chen S, LeBoeuf N, Semenov YR. Timing of cutaneous immune-related adverse events impacts survival in patients with cancer treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors: A multi-institutional cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2024; 90:1080-1083. [PMID: 38290617 PMCID: PMC11015977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Hannah Rashdan
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Tang K, Rajeh A, Shaw KS, Nguyen N, Wan G, Hashemi KB, Castillo RL, Kwatra SG, LeBoeuf NR, Vleugels RA, Semenov YR. De novo autoimmune connective tissue disease and mortality in patients treated with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 therapy: a population-level cohort study. Br J Dermatol 2024:ljae184. [PMID: 38676955 DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljae184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
Abstract
Using a population-level cohort analysis, our study demonstrates that though rare, de novo autoimmune cutaneous connective tissue disorders (AiCTD) in the setting of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are not associated with a greater risk of mortality and are overall approaching a statistically significant decrease in mortality when compared to ICI-treated patients without cutaneous immune-related adverse events. These findings are significant and highly relevant to dermatologists and oncologists caring for ICI recipients as it adds to the limited information on development of cutaneous AiCTD following ICI administration, for which enhanced understanding is critical to improving the care for this challenging patient population.
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- Kimberly Tang
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Cornman HL, Manjunath J, Reddy SV, Adams J, Rajeh A, Samuel C, Bao A, Zhao R, Ma EZ, Shumsky J, Pritchard TW, Imo BU, Kollhoff AL, Lee KK, Lu W, Yossef S, Kwatra MM, Kwatra SG. Comprehensive plasma cytokine and chemokine profiling in prurigo nodularis reveals endotypes in Type 2 inflammation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8098. [PMID: 38582943 PMCID: PMC10998852 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is associated with variability in peripheral blood eosinophil levels and response to T-helper 2 targeted therapies (Th2). Our objective was to determine whether circulating immune profiles with respect to type 2 inflammation differ by race and peripheral blood eosinophil count. Plasma from 56 PN patients and 13 matched healthy controls was assayed for 54 inflammatory biomarkers. We compared biomarker levels between PN and HCs, among PN patients based on absolute eosinophil count, and across racial groups in PN. Eleven biomarkers were elevated in PN versus HCs including interleukin (IL)-12/IL-23p40, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), and macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC/CCL22). Additionally, PN patients with AEC > 0.3 K cells/μL had higher Th2 markers (eotaxin, eotaxin-3, TSLP, MCP-4/CCL13), and African American PN patients had lower eosinophils, eotaxin, and eotaxin-3 versus Caucasian and Asian PN patients (p < 0.05 for all). Dupilumab responders had higher AEC (p < 0.01), were more likely to be Caucasian (p = 0.02) or Asian (p = 0.05) compared to African Americans, and more often had a history of atopy (p = 0.08). This study suggests that blood AEC > 0.3 K and Asian and Caucasian races are associated with Th2 skewed circulating immune profiles and response to Th2 targeted therapies.
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- Hannah L Cornman
- Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Maryland Itch Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Maryland Itch Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Maryland Itch Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Maryland Itch Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Kambala A, Rajeh A, Joel MZ, Ma E, Cornman H, Zhang J, Kwatra SG. HLA DRB5∗01:01 is associated with pruritus in individuals with Fitzpatrick skin type IV-VI. J Am Acad Dermatol 2024; 90:855-857. [PMID: 38104778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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- Anusha Kambala
- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Wan G, Khattab S, Leung BW, Zhang S, Nguyen N, Tran M, Lin C, Chang C, Alexander N, Jairath R, Phillipps J, Tang K, Rajeh A, Zubiri L, Chen ST, Demehri S, Yu KH, Gusev A, Kwatra SG, LeBoeuf NR, Reynolds KL, Semenov YR. Cancer Type and Histology Influence Cutaneous Immunotherapy Toxicities: A Multi-Institutional Cohort Study. Br J Dermatol 2024:ljae053. [PMID: 38366637 DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljae053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cutaneous immune-related adverse events (cirAEs) are the most common toxicities to occur in the setting of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. Identifying patients who are at increased risk of developing cirAEs may improve quality of life and outcomes. OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of cancer type and histology on the development of cirAEs in the setting of ICI therapy and survival outcomes. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included patients between December 1, 2011, and October 30, 2020. They received ICIs from 2011-2020 with follow-up of outcomes through October 2021. We identified 3,668 ICI recipients who were seen at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber. Of these, 669 developed cirAEs. Records that were incomplete or categories of insufficient sample size were excluded from the study cohort. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were utilized to investigate the impact of cancer organ system and histology on cirAE development, after adjusting for demographics, Charlson Comorbidity Index, ICI type, cancer stage at ICI initiation, and year of ICI initiation. Time-varying Cox proportional hazards modeling was utilized to examine the impact of cirAE development on mortality. RESULTS Compared to other non-epithelial cancers (neuroendocrine, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, sarcoma, and central nervous system malignancies), cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) (HR = 3.57, p < 0.001), melanoma (HR = 2.09, p < 0.001), head and neck adenocarcinoma (HR = 2.13, p = 0.009), genitourinary transitional cell carcinoma (HR = 2.15, p < 0.001), and genitourinary adenocarcinoma (HR = 1.53, p = 0.037) were at significantly higher risk of cirAEs in multivariate analyses. The increased risk of cirAEs translated into an adjusted survival benefit for melanoma (HR = 0.37, p < 0.001) and cSCC (HR = 0.51, p = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS The highest rate of cirAEs and subsequent survival benefits were observed in cutaneous malignancies treated with ICIs. This study improves our understanding of patients who are at highest risk of developing cirAEs and would, therefore, benefit from appropriate counseling and closer monitoring by their oncologists and dermatologists throughout their ICI therapy. Limitations include its retrospective nature and cohort from one geography.
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- Guihong Wan
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Cutaneous Oncology, Department of Dermatology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Cutaneous Oncology, Department of Dermatology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Cutaneous Oncology, Department of Dermatology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Wan G, Leung BW, DeSimone MS, Nguyen N, Rajeh A, Collier MR, Rashdan H, Roster K, Zhou X, Moseley CB, Nirmal AJ, Pelletier RJ, Maliga Z, Marko-Varga G, Németh IB, Tsao H, Asgari MM, Gusev A, Stagner AM, Lian CG, Hurlbert MS, Liu F, Yu KH, Sorger PK, Semenov YR. Development and validation of time-to-event models to predict metastatic recurrence of localized cutaneous melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2024; 90:288-298. [PMID: 37797836 PMCID: PMC10843255 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.08.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The recent expansion of immunotherapy for stage IIB/IIC melanoma highlights a growing clinical need to identify patients at high risk of metastatic recurrence and, therefore, most likely to benefit from this therapeutic modality. OBJECTIVE To develop time-to-event risk prediction models for melanoma metastatic recurrence. METHODS Patients diagnosed with stage I/II primary cutaneous melanoma between 2000 and 2020 at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute were included. Melanoma recurrence date and type were determined by chart review. Thirty clinicopathologic factors were extracted from electronic health records. Three types of time-to-event machine-learning models were evaluated internally and externally in the distant versus locoregional/nonrecurrence prediction. RESULTS This study included 954 melanomas (155 distant, 163 locoregional, and 636 1:2 matched nonrecurrences). Distant recurrences were associated with worse survival compared to locoregional/nonrecurrences (HR: 6.21, P < .001) and to locoregional recurrences only (HR: 5.79, P < .001). The Gradient Boosting Survival model achieved the best performance (concordance index: 0.816; time-dependent AUC: 0.842; Brier score: 0.103) in the external validation. LIMITATIONS Retrospective nature and cohort from one geography. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that time-to-event machine-learning models can reliably predict the metastatic recurrence from localized melanoma and help identify high-risk patients who are most likely to benefit from immunotherapy.
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- Guihong Wan
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Melanoma Research Alliance, Washington, District of Columbia
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- School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Roster K, Rajeh A, Nguyen N, Tang K, Zhang S, Rashdan H, Wan G, Leung BW, Khattab S, Chen S, LeBoeuf NR, Semenov YR. Checkpoint inhibitor antibody type influences the development of cutaneous immune-related adverse events: A multi-institutional study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2024; 90:189-192. [PMID: 37730018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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- Katie Roster
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Roster K, Rajeh A, Lipner SR. Specialty Utilization Disparities Among Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients in a Retrospective Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2006-2016. Dermatol Pract Concept 2024; 14:dpc.1401a60. [PMID: 38364409 PMCID: PMC10868906 DOI: 10.5826/dpc.1401a60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Katie Roster
- New York Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Vasavda C, Wan G, Szeto MD, Marani M, Sutaria N, Rajeh A, Lu C, Lee KK, Nguyen NTT, Adawi W, Deng J, Parthasarathy V, Bordeaux ZA, Taylor MT, Alphonse MP, Kwatra MM, Kang S, Semenov YR, Gusev A, Kwatra SG. A Polygenic Risk Score for Predicting Racial and Genetic Susceptibility to Prurigo Nodularis. J Invest Dermatol 2023; 143:2416-2426.e1. [PMID: 37245863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is an understudied inflammatory skin disease characterized by pruritic, hyperkeratotic nodules. Identifying the genetic factors underlying PN could help to better understand its etiology and guide the development of therapies. In this study, we developed a polygenic risk score that predicts a diagnosis of PN (OR = 1.41, P = 1.6 × 10-5) in two independent and continentally distinct populations. We also performed GWASs, which uncovered genetic variants associated with PN, including one near PLCB4 (rs6039266: OR = 3.15, P = 4.8 × 10-8) and others near TXNRD1 (rs34217906: OR = 1.71, P = 6.4 × 10-7; rs7134193: OR = 1.57, P = 1.1 × 10-6). Finally, we discovered that Black patients have over a two-times greater genetic risk of developing PN (OR = 2.63, P = 7.8 × 10-4). Combining the polygenic risk score and self-reported race together was significantly predictive of PN (OR = 1.32, P = 4.7 × 10-3). Strikingly, this association was more significant with race than after adjusting for genetic ancestry. Because race is a sociocultural construct and not a genetically bound category, our findings suggest that genetics, environmental influence, and social determinants of health likely affect the development of PN and may contribute to clinically observed racial disparities.
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- Chirag Vasavda
- The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Roster K, Rajeh A, Wu F, Wan G, Thang C, Rashdan H, Nguyen N, Semenov YR. Recurrence and survival in early-stage acral lentiginous melanoma: A retrospective analysis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2023; 89:1276-1279. [PMID: 37582472 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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- Katie Roster
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Shaw KS, Nguyen TT, Rajeh A, Cohen SM, Semenov YR, Reusch DB, Dedeoglu F, Vleugels RA, Ganske IM. Use of 3-Dimensional Stereophotogrammetry to Detect Disease Progression in Craniofacial Morphea. JAMA Dermatol 2023; 159:1232-1239. [PMID: 37819665 PMCID: PMC10568443 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.3649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Importance Objectively determining disease progression in craniofacial morphea (CM) is challenging, as clinical findings of disease activity are often lacking. Objective To evaluate the utility of 3-dimensional (3D) stereophotogrammetry in detecting disease progression in CM over time. Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective cohort study included 27 pediatric and adult patients with CM from 2 hospitals in Boston (Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital) consecutively enrolled from April 1, 2019, to March 1, 2023. Review of 3D stereophotogrammetry images and data analysis occurred from March 1 to April 1, 2023. Main Outcomes and Measures Clinical and 3D stereophotogrammetry assessments were performed at 2- to 12-month intervals, depending on the clinical context. The 3D stereophotogrammetry images were then qualitatively rated as demonstrating no progression or definitive progression by an expert (board-certified plastic craniofacial surgeon) and nonexpert (board-certified dermatologist) in 3D stereophotogrammetry. In addition, κ coefficients were calculated for interrater reliability. Results Of 27 patients with CM (19 female; median age, 14 [range, 5-40] years) and 3D stereophotogrammetry images obtained from a minimum of 2 time points (median, 4 [range, 2-10] images) spaced a median of 3 (range, 2-12) months apart, 10 experienced progression of their disease based on clinical assessments performed during the study period. In all cases in which clinical progression was favored, blinded qualitative assessment of 3D stereophotogrammetry images also favored progression with substantial interrater reliability (κ = 0.80 [95% CI, 0.61-0.99]). Furthermore, review of 3D stereophotogrammetry detected occult progression of asymmetry not noted on clinical examination in 3 additional patients. Conclusions and Relevance In this prospective cohort study, blinded assessment of sequential 3D stereophotogrammetry images in patients with CM not only corroborated clinical assessment of disease progression but also detected occult progression of facial asymmetry not appreciable on clinical examination alone. Therefore, 3D stereophotogrammetry may serve as a useful adjunct to clinical examination of patients with CM over time. Future investigations are warranted to validate 3D stereophotogrammetry as an outcome measure in CM.
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- Katharina S. Shaw
- Section of Dermatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dermatology Program, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Rheumatology Program, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Szadai L, Guedes JDS, Woldmar N, de Almeida NP, Jánosi ÁJ, Rajeh A, Kovács F, Kriston A, Migh E, Wan G, Nguyen N, Oskolás H, Appelqvist R, Nogueira FCN, Domont GB, Yu K, Semenov ER, Malm J, Rezeli M, Wieslander E, Fenyö D, Kemény L, Horvath P, Németh IB, Marko‐Varga G, Gil J. Mitochondrial and immune response dysregulation in melanoma recurrence. Clin Transl Med 2023; 13:e1495. [PMID: 37990633 PMCID: PMC10663649 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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- Leticia Szadai
- Department of Dermatology and AllergologyUniversity of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
- Chemistry InstituteFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
- Chemistry InstituteFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
- Chemistry InstituteFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Department of Dermatology and AllergologyUniversity of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- Department of DermatologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology UnitBiological Research CentreEötvös Loránd Research NetworkSzegedHungary
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology UnitBiological Research CentreEötvös Loránd Research NetworkSzegedHungary
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology UnitBiological Research CentreEötvös Loránd Research NetworkSzegedHungary
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- Department of DermatologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
- Department of Biomedical InformaticsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of DermatologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Section for Clinical ChemistryDepartment of Translational MedicineLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Chemistry InstituteFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Chemistry InstituteFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Department of Biomedical InformaticsHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of DermatologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Section for Clinical ChemistryDepartment of Translational MedicineLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Section for Clinical ChemistryDepartment of Translational MedicineLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular PharmacologyInstitute for Systems GeneticsNew York University Grossman School of MedicineNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Dermatology and AllergologyUniversity of SzegedSzegedHungary
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology UnitBiological Research CentreEötvös Loránd Research NetworkSzegedHungary
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- Clinical Protein Science & Imaging, Biomedical CentreDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund UniversityLundSweden
- Chemical Genomics Global Research LabDepartment of BiotechnologyCollege of Life Science and BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
- First Department of SurgeryTokyo Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Section for Clinical ChemistryDepartment of Translational MedicineLund UniversityLundSweden
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Shaw KS, Rajeh A, Le T, Kahn PJ, Oza VS, Arkin LM, Vleugels RA. Anifrolumab for Adolescent Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2338200. [PMID: 37851448 PMCID: PMC10585408 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
Abstract
This case series describes the outcomes among adolescent patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and refractory discoid lupus erythematosus treated with anifrolumab.
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- Katharina S. Shaw
- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Section of Dermatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York
- The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
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- Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Dermatology Program, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Rajeh A, Wan G, Roster K, Rashdan H, Seo J, Nguyen N, Collier MR, Leung BW, Semenov YR. Underuse of sentinel lymph node biopsy for early-stage melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2023; 89:803-806. [PMID: 37244413 PMCID: PMC10796163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Ahmad Rajeh
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Rajeh A, Cornman HL, Gupta A, Szeto MD, Kambala A, Oladipo O, Parthasarathy V, Deng J, Wheelan S, Pritchard T, Kwatra MM, Semenov YR, Gusev A, Yegnasubramanian S, Kwatra SG. Somatic mutations reveal hyperactive Notch signaling and racial disparities in prurigo nodularis. medRxiv 2023:2023.09.25.23295810. [PMID: 37808834 PMCID: PMC10557842 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.25.23295810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that disproportionately affects African Americans and is characterized by pruritic skin nodules of unknown etiology. Little is known about genetic alterations in PN pathogenesis, especially relating to somatic events which are often implicated in inflammatory conditions. We thus performed whole-exome sequencing on 54 lesional and nonlesional skin biopsies from 17 PN patients and 10 atopic dermatitis (AD) patients for comparison. Somatic mutational analysis revealed that PN lesional skin harbors pervasive somatic mutations in fibrotic, neurotropic, and cancer-associated genes. Nonsynonymous mutations were most frequent in NOTCH1 and the Notch signaling pathway, a regulator of cellular proliferation and tissue fibrosis, and NOTCH1 mutations were absent in AD. Somatic copy-number analysis, combined with expression data, showed that recurrently deleted and downregulated genes in PN lesional skin are associated with axonal guidance and extension. Follow-up immunofluorescence validation demonstrated increased NOTCH1 expression in PN lesional skin fibroblasts and increased Notch signaling in PN lesional dermis. Finally, multi-center data revealed a significantly increased risk of NOTCH1-associated diseases in PN patients. In characterizing the somatic landscape of PN, we uncover novel insights into its pathophysiology and identify a role for dysregulated Notch signaling in PN.
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- Ahmad Rajeh
- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Present affiliation: National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Abdelrazek EM, Hezma AM, El-khodary A, Elzayat AM, Rajeh A. Modifying of Structural, Optical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of PCL/PMMA Biomaterial Blend Doped With MWCNTs as an Application in Materials Science. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-023-02625-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Groha S, Alaiwi SA, Xu W, Naranbhai V, Nassar AH, Bakouny Z, El Zarif T, Saliby RM, Wan G, Rajeh A, Adib E, Nuzzo PV, Schmidt AL, Labaki C, Ricciuti B, Alessi JV, Braun DA, Shukla SA, Keenan TE, Van Allen E, Awad MM, Manos M, Rahma O, Zubiri L, Villani AC, Fairfax B, Hammer C, Khan Z, Reynolds K, Semenov Y, Schrag D, Kehl KL, Freedman ML, Choueiri TK, Gusev A. Germline variants associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade. Nat Med 2022; 28:2584-2591. [PMID: 36526723 PMCID: PMC10958775 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have yielded remarkable responses but often lead to immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Although germline causes for irAEs have been hypothesized, no individual variant associated with developing irAEs has been identified. We carried out a genome-wide association study of 1,751 patients on ICIs across 12 cancer types. We investigated two irAE phenotypes: (1) high-grade (3-5) and (2) all-grade events. We identified 3 genome-wide significant associations (P < 5 × 10-8) in the discovery cohort associated with all-grade irAEs: rs16906115 near IL7 (combined P = 3.6 × 10-11; hazard ratio (HR) = 2.1); rs75824728 near IL22RA1 (combined P = 3.5 × 10-8; HR = 1.8); and rs113861051 on 4p15 (combined P = 1.2 × 10-8, HR = 2.0); rs16906115 was replicated in 3 independent studies. The association near IL7 colocalized with the gain of a new cryptic exon for IL7, a critical regulator of lymphocyte homeostasis. Patients carrying the IL7 germline variant exhibited significantly increased lymphocyte stability after ICI initiation, which was itself predictive of downstream irAEs and improved survival.
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- Stefan Groha
- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Translational Immunogenomics Lab, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Breast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Medical Oncology, Bartlett, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ragab H, Algethami N, Elamin NY, Asnag G, Rajeh A, Alzahrani HS. An insight into the influence of Ag/Se nanoparticles on the structural, optical, and electrical properties of Cs/PAM nanocomposites films as application in electrochemical devices. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Al-Harbi LM, Alsulami QA, Farea O, Rajeh A. Tuning optical, dielectric, and electrical properties of Polyethylene oxide/Carboxymethyl cellulose doped with mixed metal oxide nanoparticles for flexible electronic devices. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alghamdi HM, Rajeh A. Synthesis of CoFe2O4/MWCNTs Nanohybrid and its Effect on the Optical, Thermal, and Conductivity of PVA/CMC Composite as an Application in Electrochemical Devices. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-022-02322-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rajeh A, Saleh M, Ojo AS, Ojukwu S, Asemota J, Ahmad B, Atanda O. Not all lytic bone lesions are malignant: A report of syphilitic osteitis presenting with multiple lytic skull lesions. IDCases 2022; 28:e01518. [PMID: 35646596 PMCID: PMC9136091 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rajeh A, Wolf K, Schiebout C, Sait N, Kosfeld T, DiPaolo RJ, Ahn TH. iCAT: diagnostic assessment tool of immunological history using high-throughput T-cell receptor sequencing. F1000Res 2021; 10:65. [PMID: 34316355 PMCID: PMC8276190 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.27214.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The pathogen exposure history of an individual is recorded in their T-cell repertoire and can be accessed through the study of T-cell receptors (TCRs) if the tools to identify them were available. For each T-cell, the TCR loci undergoes genetic rearrangement that creates a unique DNA sequence. In theory these unique sequences can be used as biomarkers for tracking T-cell responses and cataloging immunological history. We developed the immune Cell Analysis Tool (iCAT), an R software package that analyzes TCR sequencing data from exposed (positive) and unexposed (negative) samples to identify TCR sequences statistically associated with positive samples. The presence and absence of associated sequences in samples trains a classifier to diagnose pathogen-specific exposure. We demonstrate the high accuracy of iCAT by testing on three TCR sequencing datasets. First, iCAT successfully diagnosed smallpox vaccinated versus naïve samples in an independent cohort of mice with 95% accuracy. Second, iCAT displayed 100% accuracy classifying naïve and monkeypox vaccinated mice. Finally, we demonstrate the use of iCAT on human samples before and after exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 global pandemic. We were able to correctly classify the exposed samples with perfect accuracy. These experimental results show that iCAT capitalizes on the power of TCR sequencing to simplify infection diagnostics. iCAT provides the option of a graphical, user-friendly interface on top of usual R interface allowing it to reach a wider audience.
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- Ahmad Rajeh
- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Computer Science, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Computer Science, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.,Computer Science, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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Dhungel E, Mreyoud Y, Gwak HJ, Rajeh A, Rho M, Ahn TH. MegaR: an interactive R package for rapid sample classification and phenotype prediction using metagenome profiles and machine learning. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:25. [PMID: 33461494 PMCID: PMC7814621 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-020-03933-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diverse microbiome communities drive biogeochemical processes and evolution of animals in their ecosystems. Many microbiome projects have demonstrated the power of using metagenomics to understand the structures and factors influencing the function of the microbiomes in their environments. In order to characterize the effects from microbiome composition for human health, diseases, and even ecosystems, one must first understand the relationship of microbes and their environment in different samples. Running machine learning model with metagenomic sequencing data is encouraged for this purpose, but it is not an easy task to make an appropriate machine learning model for all diverse metagenomic datasets. RESULTS We introduce MegaR, an R Shiny package and web application, to build an unbiased machine learning model effortlessly with interactive visual analysis. The MegaR employs taxonomic profiles from either whole metagenome sequencing or 16S rRNA sequencing data to develop machine learning models and classify the samples into two or more categories. It provides various options for model fine tuning throughout the analysis pipeline such as data processing, multiple machine learning techniques, model validation, and unknown sample prediction that can be used to achieve the highest prediction accuracy possible for any given dataset while still maintaining a user-friendly experience. CONCLUSIONS Metagenomic sample classification and phenotype prediction is important particularly when it applies to a diagnostic method for identifying and predicting microbe-related human diseases. MegaR provides various interactive visualizations for user to build an accurate machine-learning model without difficulty. Unknown sample prediction with a properly trained model using MegaR will enhance researchers to identify the sample property in a fast turnaround time.
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- Eliza Dhungel
- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
- Department of Computer Science, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
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Mullis A, Lu Z, Zhan Y, Wang TY, Rodriguez J, Rajeh A, Chatrath A, Lin Z. Parallel Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal Protein Genes in Fungi and Its Adaptive Significance. Mol Biol Evol 2020; 37:455-468. [PMID: 31589316 PMCID: PMC6993855 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Ribosomal protein (RP) genes encode structural components of ribosomes, the cellular machinery for protein synthesis. A single functional copy has been maintained in most of 78–80 RP families in animals due to evolutionary constraints imposed by gene dosage balance. Some fungal species have maintained duplicate copies in most RP families. The mechanisms by which the RP genes were duplicated and maintained and their functional significance are poorly understood. To address these questions, we identified all RP genes from 295 fungi and inferred the timing and nature of gene duplication events for all RP families. We found that massive duplications of RP genes have independently occurred by different mechanisms in three distantly related lineages: budding yeasts, fission yeasts, and Mucoromycota. The RP gene duplicates in budding yeasts and Mucoromycota were mainly created by whole genome duplication events. However, duplicate RP genes in fission yeasts were likely generated by retroposition, which is unexpected considering their dosage sensitivity. The sequences of most RP paralogs have been homogenized by repeated gene conversion in each species, demonstrating parallel concerted evolution, which might have facilitated the retention of their duplicates. Transcriptomic data suggest that the duplication and retention of RP genes increased their transcript abundance. Physiological data indicate that increased ribosome biogenesis allowed these organisms to rapidly consume sugars through fermentation while maintaining high growth rates, providing selective advantages to these species in sugar-rich environments.
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- Alison Mullis
- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Program of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.,Program of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Rajeh A, Ragab H, Abutalib M. Co doped ZnO reinforced PEMA/PMMA composite: Structural, thermal, dielectric and electrical properties for electrochemical applications. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abutalib M, Rajeh A. Influence of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on the optical, magnetic and electrical properties of PMMA/PEO composites: Combined FT-IR/DFT for electrochemical applications. J Organomet Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Abutalib MM, Rajeh A. Influence of MWCNTs/Li-doped TiO2 nanoparticles on the structural, thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of poly (ethylene oxide)/poly (methylmethacrylate) composite. J Organomet Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wolf K, Hether T, Gilchuk P, Kumar A, Rajeh A, Schiebout C, Maybruck J, Buller RM, Ahn TH, Joyce S, DiPaolo RJ. Identifying and Tracking Low-Frequency Virus-Specific TCR Clonotypes Using High-Throughput Sequencing. Cell Rep 2019; 25:2369-2378.e4. [PMID: 30485806 PMCID: PMC7770954 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Tracking antigen-specific T cell responses over time within individuals is difficult because of lack of knowledge of antigen-specific TCR sequences, limitations in sample size, and assay sensitivities. We hypothesized that analyses of high-throughput sequencing of TCR clonotypes could provide functional readouts of individuals' immunological histories. Using high-throughput TCR sequencing, we develop a database of TCRβ sequences from large cohorts of mice before (naive) and after smallpox vaccination. We computationally identify 315 vaccine-associated TCR sequences (VATS) that are used to train a diagnostic classifier that distinguishes naive from vaccinated samples in mice up to 9 months post-vaccination with >99% accuracy. We determine that the VATS library contains virus-responsive TCRs by in vitro expansion assays and virus-specific tetramer sorting. These data outline a platform for advancing our capabilities to identify pathogen-specific TCR sequences, which can be used to identify and quantitate low-frequency pathogen-specific TCR sequences in circulation over time with exceptional sensitivity.
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- Kyle Wolf
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC 20535, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA; Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA.
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Hezma A, Rajeh A, Mannaa MA. An insight into the effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the structural, thermal, mechanical properties and antimicrobial activity of Cs/PVA composite. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Rajeh A, Lv J, Lin Z. Heterogeneous rates of genome rearrangement contributed to the disparity of species richness in Ascomycota. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:282. [PMID: 29690866 PMCID: PMC5937819 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Chromosomal rearrangements have been shown to facilitate speciation through creating a barrier of gene flow. However, it is not known whether heterogeneous rates of chromosomal rearrangement at the genome scale contributed to the huge disparity of species richness among different groups of organisms, which is one of the most remarkable and pervasive patterns on Earth. The largest fungal phylum Ascomycota is an ideal study system to address this question because it comprises three subphyla (Saccharomycotina, Taphrinomycotina, and Pezizomycotina) whose species numbers differ by two orders of magnitude (59,000, 1000, and 150 respectively). Results We quantified rates of genome rearrangement for 71 Ascomycota species that have well-assembled genomes. The rates of inter-species genome rearrangement, which were inferred based on the divergence rates of gene order, are positively correlated with species richness at both ranks of subphylum and class in Ascomycota. This finding is further supported by our quantification of intra-species rearrangement rates based on paired-end genome sequencing data of 216 strains from three representative species, suggesting a difference of intrinsic genome instability among Ascomycota lineages. Our data also show that different rates of imbalanced rearrangements, such as deletions, are a major contributor to the heterogenous rearrangement rates. Conclusions Various lines of evidence in this study support that a higher rate of rearrangement at the genome scale might have accelerated the speciation process and increased species richness during the evolution of Ascomycota species. Our findings provide a plausible explanation for the species disparity among Ascomycota lineages, which will be valuable to unravel the underlying causes for the huge disparity of species richness in various taxonomic groups. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4683-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ahmad Rajeh
- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.
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