Christopher J. Lessard

Also affiliated with University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Identification of new candidate drugs for primary Sjögren’s syndrome using a drug repurposing transcriptomic approach”.

Identification of new candidate drugs for primary Sjögren’s syndrome using a drug repurposing transcriptomic approach

Lara D. Veeken(2023)10.1093/rheumatology/kead096

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0.756DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Tao Ye, Cédric Schleiss, Benno Schwikowski, Jean Sibilia, Fanny Monneaux +8 more

Dysregulated long non-coding RNA in Sjögren’s disease impacts both interferon and adaptive immune responses

RMD Open(2022)10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002672

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0.747DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Bhuwan Khatri, Chuang Li, Kandice L. Tessneer, John A. Ice, A. M. Stolarczyk +20 more

Genome-wide association study identifies Sjögren’s risk loci with functional implications in immune and glandular cells

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30773-y

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0.709DataRank · unranked

112 citations

Kandice L. Tessneer, Astrid Rasmussen, Farhang Aghakhanian, Tove Ragna Reksten, Adam Adler +62 more

Transcriptomics and proteomics reveal a cooperation between interferon and T-helper 17 cells in neuromyelitis optica

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-16625-7

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0.695DataRank · unranked

102 citations

Qi Wu, Bhuwan Khatri, Nadja Borisow, Klemens Ruprecht, Alexander U. Brandt +9 more

TScan-II: A genome-scale platform for the de novo identification of CD4+ T cell epitopes

Cell(2023)10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.024

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0.598DataRank · unranked

53 citations

Tomasz Kula, Thomas Pranzatelli, Nolan Kamitaki, Qingda Meng, Bhuwan Khatri +14 more

Autoantibodies identify primary Sjögren's syndrome in patients lacking serum IgG specific for Ro/SS-A and La/SS-B

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases(2023)10.1136/ard-2022-223105

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0.477DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Charmaine Lopez-Davis, Bhuwan Khatri, Constantin Georgescu, Cherilyn Pritchett-Frazee, Christina Lawrence +15 more

GZMK+CD8+ T cells target a specific acinar cell type in Sjögren's disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases(2025)10.1016/j.ard.2025.08.014

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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Paola Pérez, Anson T. Ku, Bruno Fernandes Matuck, Khoa Huynh, Shunsuke Sakai +38 more

A cross-sectional observational study of patients with sicca with salivary autoantibodies defines a potential new phenotype of Sjögren’s disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases(2025)10.1016/j.ard.2025.03.012

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

J.W. Cavett, Biji T. Kurien, Christina Bruxvoort, Valerie M. Lewis, John A. Ice +10 more

Anti-vimentin antibodies are associated with higher severity of Sjögren's disease

Clinical Immunology(2023)10.1016/j.clim.2023.109243

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Antonina M. Araszkiewicz, Astrid Rasmussen, Nathan Pezant, Courtney G. Montgomery, R. Hal Scofield +4 more

GZMK+CD8+ T cells Target a Specific Acinar Cell Type in Sjögren’s Disease

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3601404/v1

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0DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Thomas Pranzatelli, Paola Pérez, Anson T. Ku, Bruno Fernandes Matuck, Khoa Huynh +37 more

Variants in the DDX6-CXCR5 autoimmune disease risk locus influence the regulatory network in immune cells and salivary gland

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.05.561076

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Bhuwan Khatri, Michelle L. Joachims, Kandice L. Tessneer, A. M. Stolarczyk, Astrid Rasmussen +72 more

GZMK+CD8+ T cells Target A Specific Acinar Cell Type in Sjögren’s Disease

Research Square(2024)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3601404/v2

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Paola Pérez, Anson T. Ku, Bruno Fernandes Matuck, Khoa Huynh, Shunsuke Sakai +38 more

Identification of Sjögren’s disease–associated T cell receptor motifs through deep sequencing

JCI Insight(2025)10.1172/jci.insight.188496

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Michelle L. Joachims, Christina Lawrence, Charmaine Lopez-Davis, Bhuwan Khatri, Astrid Rasmussen +8 more

Variants in the DDX6-CXCR5 autoimmune disease risk locus influence the regulatory network in immune cells and salivary gland

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases(2025)10.1016/j.ard.2025.04.023

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Marcin Radziszewski, Bhuwan Khatri, Michelle L. Joachims, Kandice L. Tessneer, A. M. Stolarczyk +75 more

Defective Efferocytosis in a Murine Model of Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Mediated by Dysfunctional Mer Tyrosine Kinase Receptor

International Journal of Molecular Sciences(2021)10.3390/ijms22189711

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0DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Astrid Rasmussen, R. Hal Scofield, Lida Radfar, Donald U. Stone, Kiely Grundahl +6 more

Elevated Levels of IL-9 Fail to Suppress Pathogenic T helper 17 cells in Sjögren’s Disease

medRxiv(2025)10.64898/2025.12.19.25335657

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Yiran Shen, Patricia A. Glenton, Astrid Rasmussen, R Hal Scofield, Kiely Grundahl +4 more

Genetic variants at the RTP4/MASP1 locus are associated with fatigue in Scandinavian patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

RMD Open(2021)10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001832

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0DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Juliana Imgenberg‐Kreuz, Andrei Alexsson, Svein Joar Auglænd Johnsen, Kjetil Bårdsen, Johan G. Brun +11 more

Transcriptomic and Network Analysis of Minor Salivary Glands of Patients With Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2020.606268

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0DataRank · unranked

40 citations

Erich Horeth, Eun‐Ah Christine Song, Sangwon Min, Monika Che, Brandon Marzullo +15 more

Sjögren’s Syndrome Minor Salivary Gland CD4+ Memory T Cells Associate with Glandular Disease Features and Have a Germinal Center T Follicular Helper Transcriptional Profile

Journal of Clinical Medicine(2020)10.3390/jcm9072164

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0DataRank · unranked

28 citations

Kerry M. Leehan, Mikhail G. Dozmorov, Constantin Georgescu, Zijian Pan, Christina Lawrence +16 more

Gene expression profiling of epithelium-associated FcRL4+ B cells in primary Sjögren's syndrome reveals a pathogenic signature

Journal of Autoimmunity(2020)10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102439

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0DataRank · unranked

67 citations

John A. Ice, Hendrika Bootsma, Sarah Pringle, Erlin A. Haacke, Kim de Lange +7 more