Project description:We developed three different protein arrays to measure IgG autoantibodies associated with Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs), Anti-Cytokine Antibodies (ACA), and anti-viral antibody responses in 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in three different centers.
Project description:We developed three different protein arrays to measure IgG autoantibodies associated with Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs), Anti-Cytokine Antibodies (ACA), and anti-viral antibody responses in 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in three different centers.
Project description:We developed three different protein arrays to measure IgG autoantibodies associated with Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs), Anti-Cytokine Antibodies (ACA), and anti-viral antibody responses in 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in three different centers.
Project description:Breastfeeding provides defense against infectious disease during early life. The mechanisms underlying this protection are complex but likely include the vast array of immune cells and components, such as immunoglobulins, in milk. Simply characterizing the concentrations of these bioactives, however, provides only limited information regarding their potential relationships with disease risk in the recipient infant. Rather, understanding pathogen and antigen specificity profiles of milk-borne immunoglobulins might lead to a more complete understanding of how maternal immunity impacts infant health and wellbeing. Milk produced by women living in 11 geographically dispersed populations was applied to a protein microarray containing antigens from 16 pathogens, including diarrheagenic E. coli, Shigella spp., Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other pathogens of global health concern, and specific IgA and IgG binding was measured. Our analysis identified novel disease-specific antigen responses and suggests that some IgA and IgG responses vary substantially within and among populations. Patterns of antibody reactivity analyzed by principal component analysis and differential reactivity analysis were associated with either lower-to-middle-income countries (LMICs) or high-income countries (HICs). Antibody levels were generally higher in LMICs than HICs, particularly for Shigella and diarrheagenic E. coli antigens, although sets of S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, and some M. tuberculosis antigens were more reactive in HICs. Differential responses were typically specific to canonical immunodominant antigens, but a set of nondifferential but highly reactive antibodies were specific to antigens possibly universally recognized by antibodies in human milk. This approach provides a promising means to understand how breastfeeding and human milk protect (or do not protect) infants from environmentally relevant pathogens. Furthermore, this approach might lead to interventions to boost population-specific immunity in at-risk breastfeeding mothers and their infants.
Project description:Processed and raw enteric adenovirus protein microarray reactivity data from 119 year-1 infant serum samples from a Bangladeshi birth cohort, with sample-level metadata aligned to Table 1 of the associated manuscript (Hendrick J, et al. J Infect Dis. 2025; jiaf558. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf558).
Project description:Protein expression profile was analyzed by antibody array for cell cycle control phosphorylation with 238 antibodies with bladder cancer cell line, TCCSUP, and KSHV-infected TCCSUP cells.
Project description:Malaria is the most important vector-borne disease in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, malaria incidence has been in decline, with the annual parasite incidence dropping to 0.56 in 2007. The Myanmar-Thai border province of Tak is considered meso-endemic for malaria, and both Plasmodium vivax (Pv) and P. falciparum (Pf) are equally present. As part of the International Centers for Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) - Southeast Asia project, malaria surveillance is conducted in Tak on both the healthy population and hospital patients, and parasite prevalence is reportedly <1%. However, little is known about the immuno-epidemiology associated with Pf and Pv infections in the region regarding the breadth and targets of the antibody response to the malaria parasites. Our hypothesis is that the serological profiles of the population will reflect the low parasite prevalence in Tak, showing little antibody reactivity to Pv and Pf. To examine this question, we developed a protein microarray displaying the top 500 most immunogenic antigens of these two Plasmodium species. We collected whole blood samples from healthy residents of Mae Salid Noi village during a Mass Blood Survey for malaria in the region. Whole blood was sent to UCI for qPCR and serology analysis. Blood plasma was probed on the protein microarray; genomic DNA was extracted from RBC pellets and screened by qPCR for infection confirmation and species identification. One-hundred percent (n=381) of serum samples were reactive to both Pv and Pf antigens, including all qPCR-negative samples.
Project description:Human serum samples from early-stage Parkinson's disease and non-diseased controls were probed onto human protein microarrays in order to identify differentially expressed autoantibody biomarkers that could be used as diagnostic indicators. Other neurodegenerative and non-neurodegenerative diseases were also used to help measure the specificity of the selected biomarkers.
Project description:Recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (rFSGS) after kidney transplantation is a cause of early and accelerated graft loss. Immuneadsorption can alleviate renal dysfunction and suggests that circulating antibodies (Ab) are likely implicated in disease pathogenesis. To evaluate pathogenic Ab in rFSGS, we processed 141 unique serum samples from patients with and without primary rFSGS (n=64) and 34 non-FSGS control, transplanted at five (US and EU) hospitals. 9000 antigens were screened in pre-transplant sera by protein arrays and 10 Ab targeting glomerular antigens were selected for ELISA validation. A panel of 7 Ab (CD40, PTPRO, CGB-5, FAS, P2RY11, SNRPB2 and APOL2) could predict post-transplant FSGS recurrence with 92% accuracy. Pre-transplant elevation of anti-CD40 Ab levels alone had a substantial impact (78% accuracy) on the identification of rFSGS risk after transplantation. Epitope mapping of CD40 with customized peptide arrays and rFSGS sera demonstrated altered immunogenicity of the extracellular CD40 domain in rFSGS. Immunohistochemistry of CD40 demonstrated a differential expression of these antigens in FSGS compared to non-FSGS. Anti-CD40 Ab purified from rFSGS patients were uniquely pathogenic in human podocyte cultures; injection of these Ab resulted in heightened proteinuria, independently and in combination with suPAR in a rodent model, abrogated by injection of monoclonal Ab to CD40. In conclusion, a panel of 7 Ab can identify primary FSGS patients at high risk of recurrence prior to transplantation, allowing for customized therapies and improved patient selection for transplant. Intra-renal CD40 is an important axis of disease pathogenesis, and human trials of anti-CD40 therapies are warranted to evaluate their efficacy in preventing rFSGS and improving graft survival.