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In this study we sought to identify specific bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell gene expression patterns indicative of distinct disease phenotypic traits.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>RNA sequencing by Ion Torrent Proton was performed on BAL cells obtained from 215 well-characterised patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis enrolled in the multicentre Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) study. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis and nonparametric statistics were used to analyse genome-wide BAL transcriptome. Validation of results was performed using a microarray expression dataset of an independent sarcoidosis cohort (Freiburg, Germany; n=50).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our supervised analysis found associations between distinct transcriptional programmes and major pulmonary phenotypic manifestations of sarcoidosis including T-helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 pathways associated with hilar lymphadenopathy, transforming growth factor-\u03b21 (TGFB1) and mechanistic target of rapamycin (MTOR) signalling with parenchymal involvement, and interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-2 with airway involvement. Our unsupervised analysis revealed gene modules that uncovered four potential sarcoidosis endotypes including hilar lymphadenopathy with increased acute T-cell immune response; extraocular organ involvement with PI3K activation pathways; chronic and multiorgan disease with increased immune response pathways; and multiorgan involvement, with increased IL-1 and IL-18 immune and inflammatory responses. 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