Transcriptome profiling of refractory atopic keratoconjunctivitis by RNA sequencing

Publication date: Available online 22 November 2018

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Author(s): Akira Matsuda, Yosuke Asada, Naomasa Suita, Satoshi Iwamoto, Toshiaki Hirakata, Norihiko Yokoi, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Yukinori Okada, Takehiko Yokomizo, Nobuyuki Ebihara

Summary

We found upregulation of 47 immunoglobulin genes and 22 S. aureus infection-related genes in refractory atopic keratoconjunctivitis tissue by RNA-seq analysis, suggesting that lymphoid neogenesis and stimuli from infection are essential components of the disorder.

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