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- Title
Whole Blood Gene Expression Profiling Predicts Therapeutic Response at Six Months in Patients With Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
- Authors
Jiang, Kaiyu; Sawle, Ashley D.; Frank, M. Barton; Chen, Yanmin; Wallace, Carol A.; Jarvis, James N.
- Abstract
Objective To determine whether gene expression profiles identified in peripheral whole blood samples could be used to determine therapeutic outcome in a cohort of children with newly diagnosed polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods Whole blood samples from the Trial of Early Aggressive Therapy (TREAT) in JIA patients were analyzed on Illumina microarrays, and differential gene expression was compared to expression in healthy controls. Microarray results were validated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in an independent cohort of samples. Pathway analysis software was used to characterize gene expression profiles. Support vector machines were used to develop predictive models for different patient classes. Results Differential gene expression profiles for rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive and RF-negative patients were remarkably similar. Pathway analysis revealed a broad range of affected pathways, consistent with current mechanistic theories. Modeling showed that the prognosis at 6 months was strongly linked to gene expression at presentation, irrespective of treatment. Conclusion Gene expression is linked to therapeutic outcome, and gene expression in the peripheral blood may be a suitable target for a prognostic test.
- Subjects
OKLAHOMA; THERAPEUTIC use of biochemical markers; ACADEMIC medical centers; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESEARCH funding; JUVENILE idiopathic arthritis; T-test (Statistics); RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BLIND experiment; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; DATA analysis software; MICROARRAY technology; INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; GENE expression profiling; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2014, Vol 66, Issue 5, p1363
- ISSN
2326-5191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/art.38341