RT Journal Article T1 Integrative Analysis Reveals a Molecular Stratification of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases. A1 Barturen, Guillermo A1 Babaei, Sepideh A1 Catala-Moll, Francesc A1 Martinez-Bueno, Manuel A1 Makowska, Zuzanna A1 Martorell-Marugan, Jordi A1 Carmona-Saez, Pedro A1 Toro-Dominguez, Daniel A1 Carnero-Montoro, Elena A1 Teruel, Maria A1 Kerick, Martin A1 Acosta-Herrera, Marialbert A1 Le Lann, Lucas A1 Jamin, Christophe A1 Rodriguez-Ubreva, Javier A1 Garcia-Gomez, Antonio A1 Kageyama, Jorge A1 Buttgereit, Anne A1 Hayat, Sikander A1 Mueller, Joerg A1 Lesche, Ralf A1 Hernandez-Fuentes, Maria A1 Juarez, Maria A1 Rowley, Tania A1 White, Ian A1 Marañon, Concepcion A1 Gomes-Anjos, Tania A1 Varela, Nieves A1 Aguilar-Quesada, Rocio A1 Garrancho, Francisco Javier A1 Lopez-Berrio, Antonio A1 Rodriguez-Maresca, Manuel A1 Navarro-Linares, Hector A1 Almeida, Isabel A1 Azevedo, Nancy A1 Brandão, Mariana A1 Campar, Ana A1 Faria, Raquel A1 Farinha, Fatima A1 Marinho, António A1 Neves, Esmeralda A1 Tavares, Ana A1 Vasconcelos, Carlos A1 Trombetta, Elena A1 Montanelli, Gaia A1 Vigone, Barbara A1 Alvarez-Errico, Damiana A1 Li, Tianlu A1 Thiagaran, Divya A1 Blanco-Alonso, Ricardo A1 Corrales-Martinez, Alfonso A1 Genre, Fernanda A1 Lopez-Mejias, Raquel A1 Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel A A1 Remuzgo, Sara A1 Ubilla-Garcia, Begoña A1 Cervera, Ricard A1 Espinosa, Gerard A1 Rodriguez-Pinto, Ignasi A1 De-Langhe, Ellen A1 Cremer, Jonathan A1 Lories, Rik A1 Belz, Doreen A1 Hunzelmann, Nicolas A1 Baerlecken, Niklas A1 Kniesch, Katja A1 Witte, Torsten A1 Lehner, Michaela A1 Stummvoll, Georg A1 Zauner, Michael A1 Aguirre-Zamorano, Maria Angeles A1 Barbarroja, Nuria A1 Castro-Villegas, Maria Carmen A1 Collantes-Estevez, Eduardo A1 de-Ramon, Enrique A1 Diaz-Quintero, Isabel A1 Escudero-Contreras, Alejandro A1 Fernandez Roldan, Maria Concepcion A1 Jimenez-Gomez, Yolanda A1 Jimenez Moleon, Inmaculada A1 Lopez-Pedrera, Rosario A1 Ortega-Castro, Rafaela A1 Ortego, Norberto A1 Raya, Enrique A1 Artusi, Carolina A1 Gerosa, Maria A1 Meroni, Pier Luigi A1 Schioppo, Tommaso A1 De-Groof, Aurelie A1 Ducreux, Julie A1 Lauwerys, Bernard A1 Maudoux, Anne-Lise A1 Cornec, Divi A1 Devauchelle-Pensec, Valerie A1 Jousse-Joulin, Sandrine A1 Jouve, Pierre-Emmanuel A1 Rouviere, Benedicte A1 Saraux, Alain A1 Simon, Quentin A1 Alvarez, Montserrat A1 Chizzolini, Carlo A1 Dufour, Aleksandra A1 Wynar, Donatienne A1 Balog, Attila A1 Bocskai, Marta A1 Deak, Magdolna A1 Dulic, Sonja A1 Kadar, Gabriella A1 Kovacs, Laszlo A1 Cheng, Qingyu A1 Gerl, Velia A1 Hiepe, Falk A1 Khodadadi, Laleh A1 Thiel, Silvia A1 de-Rinaldis, Emanuele A1 Rao, Sambasiva A1 Benschop, Robert J A1 Chamberlain, Chris A1 Dow, Ernst R A1 Ioannou, Yiannis A1 Laigle, Laurence A1 Marovac, Jacqueline A1 Wojcik, Jerome A1 Renaudineau, Yves A1 Borghi, Maria Orietta A1 Frostegard, Johan A1 Martin, Javier A1 Beretta, Lorenzo A1 Ballestar, Esteban A1 McDonald, Fiona A1 Pers, Jacques-Olivier A1 Alarcon-Riquelme, Marta E K1 Mixed Connective Tissue Disease K1 Scleroderma, Systemic K1 Sjogren's Syndrome K1 Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases AB Clinical heterogeneity, a hallmark of systemic autoimmune diseases, impedes early diagnosis and effective treatment, issues that may be addressed if patients could be classified into groups defined by molecular pattern. This study was undertaken to identify molecular clusters for reclassifying systemic autoimmune diseases independently of clinical diagnosis. Unsupervised clustering of integrated whole blood transcriptome and methylome cross-sectional data on 955 patients with 7 systemic autoimmune diseases and 267 healthy controls was undertaken. In addition, an inception cohort was prospectively followed up for 6 or 14 months to validate the results and analyze whether or not cluster assignment changed over time. Four clusters were identified and validated. Three were pathologic, representing "inflammatory," "lymphoid," and "interferon" patterns. Each included all diagnoses and was defined by genetic, clinical, serologic, and cellular features. A fourth cluster with no specific molecular pattern was associated with low disease activity and included healthy controls. A longitudinal and independent inception cohort showed a relapse-remission pattern, where patients remained in their pathologic cluster, moving only to the healthy one, thus showing that the molecular clusters remained stable over time and that single pathogenic molecular signatures characterized each individual patient. Patients with systemic autoimmune diseases can be jointly stratified into 3 stable disease clusters with specific molecular patterns differentiating different molecular disease mechanisms. These results have important implications for future clinical trials and the study of nonresponse to therapy, marking a paradigm shift in our view of systemic autoimmune diseases. PB Wiley YR 2021 FD 2021-05-29 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17043 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17043 LA en NO Barturen G, Babaei S, Català-Moll F, Martínez-Bueno M, Makowska Z, Martorell-Marugán J, et al. Integrative Analysis Reveals a Molecular Stratification of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jun;73(6):1073-1085 DS RISalud RD Apr 18, 2025