Project description:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common inflammatory skin disease, with high unmet need for new therapies that are safe for chronic use. Emerging data suggest that TH2-cytokines play important roles in a variety of allergic and atopic conditions, including asthma and AD. In early phase clinical trials, dupilumab (a fully human monoclonal antibody against IL-4Rα that potently blocks IL-4 and IL-13 signaling) rapidly and markedly improved clinical measures in adults with either asthma (with elevated eosinophil counts) or moderate-to-severe AD. The pathomechanisms that may be impacted by IL-4/13 blockade in these disease settings have not yet been characterized in detail. Transcriptome analyses in pre- and post-treatment skin biopsies from patients with moderate-to-severe AD treated with dupilumab or placebo in two completed clinical trials
Project description:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common inflammatory skin disease, with high unmet need for new therapies that are safe for chronic use. Emerging data suggest that TH2-cytokines play important roles in a variety of allergic and atopic conditions, including asthma and AD. In early phase clinical trials, dupilumab (a fully human monoclonal antibody against IL-4R? that potently blocks IL-4 and IL-13 signaling) rapidly and markedly improved clinical measures in adults with either asthma (with elevated eosinophil counts) or moderate-to-severe AD. The pathomechanisms that may be impacted by IL-4/13 blockade in these disease settings have not yet been characterized in detail. Transcriptome analyses in pre- and post-treatment skin biopsies from patients with moderate-to-severe AD treated with dupilumab or placebo in two completed clinical trials 18 Patients with AD treated with dupilumab or placebo. 28 biopsies in lesional (LS) Skin (16 pre-treatment and 12 post-treatment). 12 biopsies in non-lesional (NL) Skin (7 pre-treatment and 5 post treatment)
Project description:Background: Dupilumab, an IL4R-blocking antibody, has shown clinical efficacy for atopic dermatitis (AD) treatment. In addition to conjunctivitis/blepharitis, the _de novo_ appearance of head/neck dermatitis is now recognized as a distinct side effect, occurring in up to 10% of patients. Histopathological features distinct from AD suggest a drug effect, but exact underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Methods: We profiled punch biopsies from dupilumab-associated head and neck dermatitis (DAHND) by using single-cell RNA sequencing and compared data with untreated AD and healthy control skin. Results: We show that dupilumab treatment was accompanied by normalization of IL-4/IL-13 downstream activity markers such as _CCL13, CCL17_, _CCL18 _and_ CCL26_. By contrast, we found strong increases in type 22-associated markers (_IL22, AHR_) especially in oligoclonally expanded T cells, accompanied by enhanced keratinocyte activation and IL-22 receptor upregulation. Conclusions: Taken together, we demonstrate that dupilumab effectively dampens conventional type 2 inflammation in DAHND lesions, with concomitant hyperactivation of _IL22_-associated responses.
Project description:Here, we report a case of atopic dermatitis (AD) in a patient who received biweekly doses of dupilumab, an antibody against the IL-4 receptor α chain (IL-4Rα). Single cell RNA-sequencing showed that naïve B cells expressed the highest levels of IL4R compared to other B cell subpopulations. Compared to controls, the dupilumab-treated patient exhibited diminished percentages of IL4R+IGHD+ naïve B cells and down-regulation of IL4R, FCER2 (CD23), and IGHD. Dupilumab treatment resulted in upregulation of genes associated with apoptosis and inhibition of B cell receptor signaling and down-regulation of class-switch and memory B cell development genes. The dupilumab-treated patient exhibited a rapid decline in COVID-19 anti-spike and anti-receptor binding domain antibodies between 4 and 8 and 11 months post COVID-19 vaccination. Our data suggest that intact and persistent IL-4 signaling is necessary for maintaining robust survival and development of naïve B cells, and maintaining a long term vaccine response.
Project description:Dupilumab is an antibody targeting the IL-4/IL-13 receptors indicated for atopic dermatitis patients, but paradoxical psoriasis-like reactions have been reported under treatment. To understand the pathogenesis of DI-Pso, we performed a gene expression profiling study using microarray on skin biopsies of dupilumab-induced psoriasis, plaque psoriasis and AD compared with healthy control skin.
Project description:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin condition characterized in part by elevations in type 2 immune cytokines such as IL-4 and IL-13. Dupilumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the shared receptor for these cytokines and has shown remarkable efficacy in reducing inflammation in AD. The goal of this study was to study the changes that occur in circulating immune cells in AD at the single cell level in response to dupilumab treatment.
Project description:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the chronic inflammatory skin disease accompanied with severe pruritus. To explore the roles of EGR1 in atopic dermatitis and the relationship between EGR1 and pruritus-scratching behavior, we used a atopic dermatitis-like mouse model driven by house dust mite (HDM) treatment in wild type and EGR1 KO mice, followed with RNA-sequencing analysis.
Project description:Background: Dupilumab is an IL-4 receptor a mAb inhibiting signaling of IL-4 and IL-13, key drivers of type 2-driven inflammation, as demonstrated by its efficacy in patients with atopic/allergic diseases. Objective: This placebo-controlled, double-blind trial (NCT01979016) evaluated the efficacy, safety, and effects of dupilumab on molecular/cellular lesional and nonlesional skin phenotypes and systemic type 2 biomarkers of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD). Methods: Skin biopsy specimens and blood were evaluated from 54 patients randomized 1:1 to weekly subcutaneous doses of 200 mg of dupilumab or placebo for 16 weeks. Results: Dupilumab (vs placebo) significantly improved clinical signs and symptoms of AD, was well tolerated, and progressively shifted the lesional transcriptome toward a nonlesional phenotype (weeks 4-16). Mean improvements in a meta-analysis-derived AD transcriptome (genes differentially expressed between lesional and nonlesional skin) were 68.8% and 110.8% with dupilumab and 210.5% and 55.0% with placebo (weeks 4 and 16, respectively; P < .001). Dupilumab significantly reduced expression of genes involved in type 2 inflammation (IL13, IL31, CCL17, CCL18, and CCL26), epidermal hyperplasia (keratin 16 [K16] and MKi67), T cells, dendritic cells (ICOS, CD11c, and CTLA4), and Th17/Th22 activity (IL17A, IL-22, and S100As) and concurrently increased expression of epidermal differentiation, barrier, and lipid metabolism genes (filaggrin [FLG], loricrin [LOR], claudins, and ELOVL3). Dupilumab reduced lesional epidermal thickness versus placebo (week 4, P 5 .001; week 16, P 5 .0002). Improvements in clinical and histologic measures correlated significantly with modulation of gene expression. Dupilumab also significantly suppressed type 2 serum biomarkers, including CCL17, CCL18, periostin, and total and allergen- specific IgEs. Conclusion: Dupilumab-mediated inhibition of IL-4/IL-13 signaling through IL-4 receptor a blockade significantly and progressively improved disease activity, suppressed cellular/ molecular cutaneous markers of inflammation and systemic measures of type 2 inflammation, and reversed AD-associated epidermal abnormalities. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019;143:155-72.)
Project description:Atopic dermatitis is one of the severe skin diseases. Keratinocytes, as the epidermal barrier cells, are an important component for maintaining the skin barrier function. In this dataset, we have included the m⁶A methylation RNA data obtained from normal human keratinocytes (N group) and keratinocytes from patients with atopic dermatitis (AD group).