医学
皮肌炎
淋巴细胞
内科学
间质性肺病
胃肠病学
外周血淋巴细胞
铁蛋白
入射(几何)
关节炎
免疫学
淋巴细胞亚群
CD8型
肺
免疫系统
物理
光学
作者
Qiwen Jin,Lei Fu,Hongxia Yang,Xixia Chen,Shunfu Lin,Zhenguo Huang,Bao-xiang Gao,Xiaowen Tian,Wei Jiang,Xi Shu,Xin Lu,Guochun Wang,Qinglin Peng
摘要
To explore the role of peripheral lymphocyte count in phenotyping and prognosis prediction in dermatomyositis (DM) patients with anti-MDA5 antibodies.In total, 1669 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) were retrospectively enrolled. Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with anti-MDA5+ DM were analyzed in association with peripheral lymphocyte counts and clusters determined by unsupervised machine learning.The peripheral lymphocyte count was significantly lower in the anti-MDA5+ DM group (N = 421) than in the other IIM serotype groups. The anti-MDA5+ DM patients were divided into three groups; the severe lymphopenia group had skin ulcers and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD); patients with a normal lymphocyte count had a younger age of onset, more frequent arthritis, and normal serum ferritin levels, whereas mild lymphopenia group showed a moderate increase of serum ferritin and intermediate incidence of RP-ILD. Survival analysis revealed that the 3- and 6-month mortality rates were significantly higher in the severe lymphopenia group (29.0% and 42.1%, respectively) than in the mild lymphopenia group and normal lymphocyte count group (p value <0.001). Consistently, unsupervised machine learning identified three similar groups; the arthritis cluster shows the highest lymphocyte counts and best prognosis; the RP-ILD cluster presents the lowest peripheral lymphocyte, high incidence of RP-ILD, and poor prognosis; the typical DM rash cluster had a moderate peripheral lymphocyte count and an intermediate prognosis.Lymphopenia is a unique manifestation of anti-MDA5+ DM. Peripheral lymphocyte count can define clinical phenotypes and predict prognosis in anti-MDA5+ DM.
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