PMID- 36343899 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221125 LR - 20221226 IS - 1521-7035 (Electronic) IS - 1521-6616 (Linking) VI - 245 DP - 2022 Dec TI - De novo molecular subtyping of salivary gland tissue in the context of Sjogren's syndrome heterogeneity. PG - 109171 LID - S1521-6616(22)00252-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109171 [doi] AB - Understanding the mechanistic features and molecular taxonomy of diseases holds promise for the development of more effective treatments, especially for complex heterogeneous diseases. Here, we analyzed transcriptomic datasets of salivary gland tissues from patients with Sjogren's syndrome (SjS) to identify shared and divergent cellular and molecular signatures. Three molecular subtypes of SjS salivary gland tissue were identified: oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos)-dominant (C1), weak inflammatory with type I interferon signatures (C2), and B cell receptor (BCR) signaling pathway-dominant (C3). C3 had the highest focus score. Type I helper T cells and B cells were the dominant cell types in C1 and C3 tissues, respectively. Metformin and drugs targeting PI3K, BTK, and JAKs were predicted to be effective treatments for C1 and C3 subtypes, respectively. Three subtypes of SjS salivary gland with distinct molecular signatures were identified. The results could contribute to optimal stratification of patients for more effective treatment approaches. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Jung, Seung Min AU - Jung SM AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Baek, In-Woon AU - Baek IW AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Park, Kyung-Su AU - Park KS AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Ki-Jo AU - Kim KJ AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: md21c@catholic.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221105 PL - United States TA - Clin Immunol JT - Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) JID - 100883537 RN - 0 (Interferon Type I) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Sjogren's Syndrome/genetics/metabolism MH - Salivary Glands/metabolism MH - B-Lymphocytes/metabolism MH - *Interferon Type I/metabolism MH - Transcriptome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Key driver gene OT - Molecular signature OT - Salivary gland OT - Sjogren's syndrome OT - Therapeutic target COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/11/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/26 06:00 CRDT- 2022/11/07 19:27 PHST- 2022/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/07 19:27 [entrez] AID - S1521-6616(22)00252-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109171 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Immunol. 2022 Dec;245:109171. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109171. Epub 2022 Nov 5.