The immune cell landscape in kidneys of patients with lupus nephritis
Arnon Arazi, Deepak A Rao, Celine C Berthier, Anne Davidson, Yanyan Liu, Paul J Hoover, Adam Chicoine, Thomas M Eisenhaure, A Helena Jonsson, Shuqiang Li, David J Lieb, Fan Zhang, Kamil Slowikowski, Edward P Browne, Akiko Noma, Danielle Sutherby, Scott Steelman, Dawn E Smilek, Patti Tosta, William Apruzzese, Elena Massarotti, Maria Dall'Era, Meyeon Park, Diane L Kamen, Richard A Furie, Fernanda Payan-Schober, William F Pendergraft 3rd, Elizabeth A McInnis, Jill P Buyon, Michelle A Petri, Chaim Putterman, Kenneth C Kalunian, E Steve Woodle, James A Lederer, David A Hildeman, Chad Nusbaum, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Matthias Kretzler, Jennifer H Anolik, Michael B Brenner, David Wofsy, Nir Hacohen, Betty Diamond, Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE network, Arnon Arazi, Deepak A Rao, Celine C Berthier, Anne Davidson, Yanyan Liu, Paul J Hoover, Adam Chicoine, Thomas M Eisenhaure, A Helena Jonsson, Shuqiang Li, David J Lieb, Fan Zhang, Kamil Slowikowski, Edward P Browne, Akiko Noma, Danielle Sutherby, Scott Steelman, Dawn E Smilek, Patti Tosta, William Apruzzese, Elena Massarotti, Maria Dall'Era, Meyeon Park, Diane L Kamen, Richard A Furie, Fernanda Payan-Schober, William F Pendergraft 3rd, Elizabeth A McInnis, Jill P Buyon, Michelle A Petri, Chaim Putterman, Kenneth C Kalunian, E Steve Woodle, James A Lederer, David A Hildeman, Chad Nusbaum, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Matthias Kretzler, Jennifer H Anolik, Michael B Brenner, David Wofsy, Nir Hacohen, Betty Diamond, Dia Waguespack, Sean M Connery, Maureen A McMahon, William J McCune, Ruba B Kado, Raymond Hsu, Melissa A Cunningham, Paul J Utz, Mina Pichavant, Holden T Maecker, Rohit Gupta, Judith A James, Joel M Guthridge, Chamith Fonseka, Evan Der, Robert Clancy, Thomas Tuschl, Hemant Suryawanshi, Andrea Fava, H Michael Belmont, Peter M Izmirly, Pavel Morozov, Manjunath Kustagi, Daniel H Goldman, Arnon Arazi, Deepak A Rao, Celine C Berthier, Anne Davidson, Yanyan Liu, Paul J Hoover, Adam Chicoine, Thomas M Eisenhaure, A Helena Jonsson, Shuqiang Li, David J Lieb, Fan Zhang, Kamil Slowikowski, Edward P Browne, Akiko Noma, Danielle Sutherby, Scott Steelman, Dawn E Smilek, Patti Tosta, William Apruzzese, Elena Massarotti, Maria Dall'Era, Meyeon Park, Diane L Kamen, Richard A Furie, Fernanda Payan-Schober, William F Pendergraft 3rd, Elizabeth A McInnis, Jill P Buyon, Michelle A Petri, Chaim Putterman, Kenneth C Kalunian, E Steve Woodle, James A Lederer, David A Hildeman, Chad Nusbaum, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Matthias Kretzler, Jennifer H Anolik, Michael B Brenner, David Wofsy, Nir Hacohen, Betty Diamond, Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE network, Arnon Arazi, Deepak A Rao, Celine C Berthier, Anne Davidson, Yanyan Liu, Paul J Hoover, Adam Chicoine, Thomas M Eisenhaure, A Helena Jonsson, Shuqiang Li, David J Lieb, Fan Zhang, Kamil Slowikowski, Edward P Browne, Akiko Noma, Danielle Sutherby, Scott Steelman, Dawn E Smilek, Patti Tosta, William Apruzzese, Elena Massarotti, Maria Dall'Era, Meyeon Park, Diane L Kamen, Richard A Furie, Fernanda Payan-Schober, William F Pendergraft 3rd, Elizabeth A McInnis, Jill P Buyon, Michelle A Petri, Chaim Putterman, Kenneth C Kalunian, E Steve Woodle, James A Lederer, David A Hildeman, Chad Nusbaum, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Matthias Kretzler, Jennifer H Anolik, Michael B Brenner, David Wofsy, Nir Hacohen, Betty Diamond, Dia Waguespack, Sean M Connery, Maureen A McMahon, William J McCune, Ruba B Kado, Raymond Hsu, Melissa A Cunningham, Paul J Utz, Mina Pichavant, Holden T Maecker, Rohit Gupta, Judith A James, Joel M Guthridge, Chamith Fonseka, Evan Der, Robert Clancy, Thomas Tuschl, Hemant Suryawanshi, Andrea Fava, H Michael Belmont, Peter M Izmirly, Pavel Morozov, Manjunath Kustagi, Daniel H Goldman
Abstract
Lupus nephritis is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease for which the current treatment is ineffective and often toxic. To develop mechanistic hypotheses of disease, we analyzed kidney samples from patients with lupus nephritis and from healthy control subjects using single-cell RNA sequencing. Our analysis revealed 21 subsets of leukocytes active in disease, including multiple populations of myeloid cells, T cells, natural killer cells and B cells that demonstrated both pro-inflammatory responses and inflammation-resolving responses. We found evidence of local activation of B cells correlated with an age-associated B-cell signature and evidence of progressive stages of monocyte differentiation within the kidney. A clear interferon response was observed in most cells. Two chemokine receptors, CXCR4 and CX3CR1, were broadly expressed, implying a potentially central role in cell trafficking. Gene expression of immune cells in urine and kidney was highly correlated, which would suggest that urine might serve as a surrogate for kidney biopsies.
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