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The roles of neutrophil serine proteinases in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Overview of attention for article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2018
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Title
The roles of neutrophil serine proteinases in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Published in
Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13075-018-1632-x
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Siming Gao, Xiaoxia Zuo, Di Liu, Yizhi Xiao, Honglin Zhu, Huali Zhang, Hui Luo

Abstract

Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are the best known idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Classic histopathologic findings include the infiltration of inflammatory cells into muscle tissues. Neutrophil serine proteinases (NSPs) are granule-associated enzymes and play roles in inflammatory cell migration by increasing the permeability of vascular endothelial cells. In this study, we aimed to find the roles of NSPs in pathogenesis of IIMs. RNA and DNA were isolated to measure the relative expression of NSPs and their methylation levels. The expression of NSPs in serum and muscle tissues was tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence, respectively. Serum from patients was used to culture the human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMECs), and then we observed the influence of serum on expression of VE-cadherin, endothelial cell tube formation, and transendothelial migration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). We found that the expression of NSPs was increased in PBMCs, serum, and muscle tissues of IIM patients; these NSPs were hypomethylated in the PBMCs of patients. Serum NSPs were positively correlated with clinical indicators of IIM patients, including lactic dehydrogenase, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M, and immunoglobulin A. Patients with anti-Jo-1, with anti-Ro-52, or without interstitial lung disease had lower levels of proteinase 3. Serum NSPs degraded the VE-cadherin of HDMECs, and serum NSP application increased the permeability of HDMECs. Our studies indicate, for the first time, that NSPs play an important role in muscle inflammatory cell infiltration by increasing the permeability of vascular endothelial cells in IIM patients.

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Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 24%
Lecturer 2 12%
Researcher 1 6%
Student > Postgraduate 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 24%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 12%
Neuroscience 2 12%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 6%
Other 2 12%
Unknown 5 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2018.
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#4,838,109
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#1,028
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#86,705
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Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#45
of 72 outputs
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