Cell-free (cf) extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) has a potential clinical application as a biomarker. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with a complex immunological pathogenesis, associated with autoantibody synthesis. A previous study found that SLE patients with deoxyribonuclease 1-like 3 (DNASE1L3) deficiency exhibit changes in the frequency of short and long eccDNA in plasma compared to controls. Here, using the DifCir method for differential analysis of short-read sequenced purified eccDNA data based on the split-read signal of the eccDNA on circulomics data, we show that SLE patients with DNASE1L3 deficiency have a distinctive profile of eccDNA excised by gene regions compared to controls. Moreover, this profile is specific; cf-eccDNA from the top 93 genes is detected in all SLE with DNASE1L3 deficiency samples, and none in the control plasma. The top protein coding gene producing eccDNA-carrying gene fragments is the transcription factor which is involved in skeletal muscle morphogenesis and connective tissue development. The top gene ontology terms are 'positive regulation of torc1 signaling' and 'chondrocyte development'. The top Harmonizome terms are 'lymphopenia', 'metabolic syndrome x', 'asthma', 'cardiovascular system disease', 'leukemia', and 'immune system disease'. Here, we show that gene associations of cf-eccDNA can serve as a biomarker in the autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
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