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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Lilian NwosuORCiD, Dr Arthur Pratt, Professor John IsaacsORCiD
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© 2020, The Author(s).Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a debilitating immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis of unknown pathogenesis commonly affecting patients with skin psoriasis. Here we use complementary single-cell approaches to study leukocytes from PsA joints. Mass cytometry demonstrates a 3-fold expansion of memory CD8 T cells in the joints of PsA patients compared to peripheral blood. Meanwhile, droplet-based and plate-based single-cell RNA sequencing of paired T cell receptor alpha and beta chain sequences show pronounced CD8 T cell clonal expansions within the joints. Transcriptome analyses find these expanded synovial CD8 T cells to express cycling, activation, tissue-homing and tissue residency markers. T cell receptor sequence comparison between patients identifies clonal convergence. Finally, chemokine receptor CXCR3 is upregulated in the expanded synovial CD8 T cells, while two CXCR3 ligands, CXCL9 and CXCL10, are elevated in PsA synovial fluid. Our data thus provide a quantitative molecular insight into the cellular immune landscape of psoriatic arthritis.
Author(s): Penkava F, Velasco-Herrera MDC, Young MD, Yager N, Nwosu LN, Pratt AG, Lara AL, Guzzo C, Maroof A, Mamanova L, Cole S, Efremova M, Simone D, Filer A, Brown CC, Croxford AL, Isaacs JD, Teichmann S, Bowness P, Behjati S, Hussein Al-Mossawi M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2020
Volume: 11
Print publication date: 01/12/2020
Online publication date: 21/09/2020
Acceptance date: 27/08/2020
Date deposited: 11/01/2021
ISSN (electronic): 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Research
URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18513-6
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18513-6
PubMed id: 32958743
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