Table 4.
Expression of Vitamin D–Inducible Signatures in Patients with Asthma and COPD versus Control Subjects
Phenotype | PBMC Signature |
Epithelial Signature |
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logFC | P Value | logFC | P Value | ||
Asthma | |||||
UBIOPRED | |||||
Endobronchial biopsy | Asthma (n = 41) vs. control subjects (n = 26) | N/A | N/A | −0.04 | 0.43 |
Endobronchial brushings | Asthma (n = 54) vs. control subjects (n = 44) | N/A | N/A | 0.00 | 0.90 |
Nasal brushings | Asthma (n = 32) vs. control subjects (n = 25) | N/A | N/A | 0.10 | 0.04 |
Blood | Asthma (n = 165) vs. control subjects (n = 87) | 0.06 | 0.03 | N/A | N/A |
Sputum | Asthma (n = 43) vs. control subjects (n = 16) | N/A | N/A | 0.11 | 0.04 |
ADEPT | |||||
Sputum | Asthma (n = 39) vs. control subjects (n = 9) | N/A | N/A | 0.18 | 0.01 |
Woodruff | |||||
Blood | Mild-moderate asthma (n = 23) vs. control subjects (n = 20) | 0.00 | 0.99 | N/A | N/A |
Airway epithelium | Mild-moderate asthma (n = 62) vs. control subjects (n = 43) | N/A | N/A | 0.07 | 0.053 |
Endobronchial biopsy | Mild-moderate asthma (n = 37) vs. control subjects (n = 24) | N/A | N/A | 0.11 | 0.04 |
COPD | |||||
ECLIPSE | |||||
Blood | COPD (n = 151) vs. control subjects (n = 47) | −0.13 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A |
Sputum | COPD (n = 104) vs. control subjects (n = 32) | N/A | N/A | −0.01 | 0.79 |
Steiling | |||||
Airway epithelium | Current/former smokers, COPD (n = 87) vs. control subjects (n = 151) | N/A | N/A | 0.03 | 0.20 |
Tilley | |||||
Small airway epithelium | Current smokers, COPD (n = 36) vs. control subjects (n = 72) | N/A | N/A | 0.01 | 0.72 |
Lung Tissue Research Consortium (GSE47460) | |||||
Whole-lung homogenate | COPD (n = 215) vs. control subjects (n = 105) | N/A | N/A | −0.08 | 0.006 |
Definition of abbreviations: ADEPT = Airways Disease Endotyping for Personalized Therapeutics; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECLIPSE = Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate End-Points; logFC = log2 fold change; N/A = not applicable; PBMC = peripheral blood mononuclear cells; UBIOPRED = Unbiased Biomarkers in Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcomes.