Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Single-cell profiling reveals distinct adaptive immune hallmarks in MDA5+ dermatomyositis with therapeutic implications

  • Yan Ye,
  • Zechuan Chen,
  • Shan Jiang,
  • Fengyun Jia,
  • Teng Li,
  • Xia Lu,
  • Jing Xue,
  • Xinyue Lian,
  • Jiaqiang Ma,
  • Pei Hao,
  • Liangjing Lu,
  • Shuang Ye,
  • Nan Shen,
  • Chunde Bao,
  • Qiong Fu,
  • Xiaoming Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34145-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5-positive dermatomyositis is a severe autoimmune disease with largely unknown aetiology. Here authors identify the key immune cell types that contribute to the disease phenotype and implicate type I interferons signalling in the patho-mechanism.