Transcriptome analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the pathobiological markers of sarcoidosis in PBMCs by comparing the transcriptional signature of PBMCs from patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and those of healthy controls by RNA sequencing. Methods:PBMC samples were collected from subjects with pulmonary sarcoidosis with no steroid/immunosuppressant drugs (n = 8) and healthy controls (n = 11) from August 2020 to April 2021, and RNA sequencing was performed with the PBMC samples. Results: Variety of DEGs were determined between groups leading to the enrichment analysis. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated that bulk gene expression patterns in PBMCs were different between patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and healthy controls. The changes in the gene expression pattern of PBMCs could reflect the existence of sarcoidosis lesions and influence granuloma formation in sarcoidosis. Overall design: Examination of 11 healthy controls and 8 pulmonary sarcoidosis ptatients PBMC samples by RNA sequencing.