Abstract
Purpose
The aim of the study is to explore interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with and without neuropsychiatric lupus (NPSLE and non-NPSLE, respectively) and their potential correlations with clinical characteristics and neuropsychological performance.
Methods
Based on resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) data collected from SLE patients and matched healthy controls (HCs), the voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) analysis was conducted to measure functional homotopy. Subsequently, correlations between altered functional homotopy and clinical/neuropsychological data were analyzed.
Results
Compared with the HC group, both NPSLE and non-NPSLE groups showed attenuated homotopic connectivity in middle temporal gyrus (MTG), cuneus (CUN), middle occipital gyrus (MOG), angular gyrus (ANG), and postcentral gyrus (PoCG). NPSLE patients also exhibited decreased homotopic connectivity in inferior parietal gyrus (IPG) and middle frontal gyrus (MFG). Compared with non-NPSLE patients, NPSLE patients showed weaker interhemispheric homotopic functional connectivity in MOG. Decreased homotopic functional connectivity in PoCG, IPG, and MOG were associated with the anxiety state of SLE patients.
Conclusions
Our findings revealed attenuated functional homotopy in both NPSLE and non-NPSLE groups compared to the HC group, which appeared to be more severe in patients with comorbid neuropsychiatric lupus. Interhemispheric homotopy dysconnectivity may participate in the neuropathology of anxiety symptoms in SLE.
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We sincerely thank all the participants in our study, and thank the Department of Radiology and the Department of Rheumatism and Immunology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University for their generous support. And we would like to express our gratitude to EditSprings (https://www.editsprings.com/) for the expert linguistic services provided.
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This work was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province, China (2014GXNSFAA118192), and Foundation of Guangxi Educational Committee, China (ZD2014032).
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Wang, Yl., Jiang, Ml., Huang, LX. et al. Disrupted resting-state interhemispheric functional connectivity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with and without neuropsychiatric lupus. Neuroradiology 64, 129–140 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-021-02750-7
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