Machine learning integration of scleroderma histology and gene expression identifies fibroblast polarisation as a hallmark of clinical severity and improvement.

Journal: Annals of the rheumatic diseases
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine histologic and gene expression features of clinical improvement in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc; scleroderma).

Authors

  • Kimberly Showalter
    Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA showalterk@hss.edu.
  • Robert Spiera
    Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Cynthia Magro
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
  • Phaedra Agius
    New York Genome Center, New York, New York.
  • Viktor Martyanov
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • Jennifer M Franks
    Department of Molecular and Systems Biology.
  • Roshan Sharma
    New York Genome Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Heather Geiger
    New York Genome Center, New York, New York.
  • Tammara A Wood
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • Yaxia Zhang
    Department of Pathology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Caryn R Hale
    Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
  • Jackie Finik
    Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
  • Michael L Whitfield
    Department of Molecular and Systems Biology.
  • Dana E Orange
    Hospital for Special Surgery, The Rockefeller University, and New York Genome Center, New York, New York.
  • Jessica K Gordon
    Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.