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GENES AND IMMUNITY
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 124-133Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2009.66
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SLE; lupus; epigenetics; chromatin; interferon; IRF1
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- NIH [AR 43727]
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Outpatient General Clinical Research Center [M01-RR00052]
- [1RO1 AI 51323-01]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a polygenic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 1000 adults. Recent data have implicated interferons (IFN) in the pathogenesis, and the expressions of many genes downstream of IFNs are regulated at the level of histone modifications. We examined H4 acetylation (H4ac) and gene expression in monocytes from patients with SLE to define alterations to the epigenome. Monocytes from 14 controls and 24 SLE patients were used for analysis by chromatin immunoprecipitation for H4ac and gene expression arrays. Primary monocytes treated with alpha-IFN were used as a comparator. Data were analyzed for concordance of H4ac and gene expression. Network analyses and transcription factor analyses were conducted to identify potential pathways. H4ac was significantly altered in monocytes from patients with SLE. In all, 63% of genes with increased H4ac had the potential for regulation by IFN regulatory factor (IRF) 1. IRF1 binding sites were also upstream of nearly all genes with both increased H4ac and gene expression. alpha-IFN was a significant contributor to both expression and H4ac patterns, but the greatest concordance was seen in the enrichment of certain transcription factor binding sites upstream of genes with increased H4ac in SLE and genes with increased H4ac after alpha-IFN treatment. Genes and Immunity (2010) 11, 124-133; doi: 10.1038/gene.2009.66; published online 27 August 2009
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