#PedsRheum Basic and Translational Research YIR by @GrantSchulert
Topics include
Pyrin, FMF, and the plague
Molecular heterogeneity in cSLE
Genetics of PFAPA
IFN signature in autoinflammation
MIS-C immunology
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Pyrin, FMF, and the plague
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0705-6
Yersinia infection induced higher IL-1B from FMF PBMCs
Evolutionarily and functionally links FMF to historic plague
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0705-6


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Molecular heterogeneity of pediatric #SLE
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0743-0
Single-cell RNA-seq of PBMC, n=33
Mapped IFN signature to subset of cells
Expansion of enriched populations with high disease activity
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0743-0



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Genetics susceptibility for #PFAPA
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/25/14405
3 large PFAPA cohorts
PFAPA shares risk loci with Behcet’s - IL12A
Behcet’s spectrum disorder with stronger HLA associations
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https://www.pnas.org/content/117/25/14405
3 large PFAPA cohorts


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Dissecting IFN signature in autoinflammation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31874111/
ISG-S screen in unidentified autoinflammation, n=66
4 new entities
1 - IL-18-PAP-MAS
2 - LRBA deficiency
3 - NEMO
4 - SAAD
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31874111/
ISG-S screen in unidentified autoinflammation, n=66
4 new entities




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