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Abnormalities in intron retention characterize patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nature Sci. Rep. 13:5141, 2023.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31890-4

Anti-RNP antibodies are associated with the interferon gene signature but not decreased complement levels in SLE
Ann Rheum Dis, 2022.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221662

Application of machine learning for patient classification and outcome prediction in RAIDS (Rheumatic Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases)
Nature Reviews Rheumatology 17: 710, 2021.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-021-00708-w (featured on printed cover and website landing page, December 2021).

Nucleic acid sensing and interferon-inducible pathways show differential methylation in MZ twins discordant for lupus and overexpression in independent lupus samples: Implications for pathogenic mechanism and drug targeting,
Genes 12: 1898, 2021.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/12/1898

Expression of human endogenous retroviruses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: multiomic integration with gene expression
Frontiers in Immunology 4:661437, 2021.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.661437.

Glutathione peroxidase 4-regulated neutrophil ferroptosis induces systemic autoimmunity
Nature Immunology 22:1107, 2021.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-00993-3

Repositioning Drugs for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SLE: Basic, Applied and Clinical Aspects, pp. 641, 2020.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128019177000668

Antagonizing miR-7 suppresses B cell hyperresponsiveness and inhibits lupus development.
J. Autoimmun. 109:102440, 2020.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896841120300536.

Drug Repurposing to Improve the Treatment of Patients with Rheumatic Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases (RAIDs)
Nature Reviews Rheumatology 16:32, 2020.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-019-0337-0

Systems and methods for single-cell RNA-Seq data analysis
US202000090787A1.

Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Disease Activity from Gene Expression Data
Nature Scientific Reports 9:9617, 2019.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45989-0 https://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2019/04/23/jimmunol.1801512

Genomic Identification of Low-Density Granulocytes and Analysis of their Role in the Pathogenesis of Systemic  Lupus Erythematosus
J. Immunol. 202:3309, 2019.
https://www.jimmunol.org/content/202/11/3309

Identification and characterization of post-activated B cells in systemic autoimmune diseases
Frontiers in Immunology 10:2136, 2019.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02136

Identification of alterations in macrophage polarization associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
PLoS One 13(12):e0208132, 2018.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478921/

Aberrant Expansion and Function of Follicular Helper T Cell Subsets in IgG4-Related Disease
Arthritis Rheumatol.70:1853, 2018
doi: 10.1002/art.40556. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220938/

Drug Repositioning Strategies for the Identification of Novel Therapies  for Rheumatic Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases
Rheum Dis Clin. 43:467-480, 2017.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28711146/

Drug Repositioning in SLE: Crowd-Sourcing, Literature-Mining and Big Data Analysis
Lupus 25:1150-1170, 2016.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27497259/

Repositioning Drugs for SLE
in SLE: Basic, Applied and Clinical Aspects, pp. 567-575, 2016.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128019177000668

The Epigenetics of Autoimmunity & Immune Disorders
in The Epigenome and Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease, pp. 211-234, 2015.

A comprehensive approach to identify approved drugs and treatments for repositioning as therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus
Arthr. Res. Ther. 16: 51, 2014.
https://arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/ar4667

Increased frequency of a unique spleen tyrosine kinase bright memory B cell population in systemic lupus erythematosus
Arthritis Rheumatol. 66:3424, 2014.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.38854

Lymphoablation including B cell depletion and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation leads to long remissions in treatment- resistant Systemic Lupus Erythemstosus Patients
Arthritis and Rheum. 65: 1610, 2013.

Molecular Characterization of Circulating Plasma Cells in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
PLoS One 10: e0044362, 2012.

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