Project description:Here we developed a new approach to sepsis diagnosis that integrates host transcriptional profiling with metagenomic broad-range pathogen detection from cell-free plasma RNA and DNA.
Project description:The Blood Borne Pathogen Resequencing Microarray Expanded (BBP-RMAv.2) is a platform that allows multiplex detection and identification of 80 different blood-borne pathogens in one single test, comprising 60 virus, 5 bacteria and 15 parasites. The objective is to evaluate the lowest concentration detected in blood or plasma, species discrimination and applicability of the microarray platform for testing blood donors. Human blood or plasma spiked with selected pathogens (10,000, 1,000 or 100 cells or copies/ml), including 6 viral, 2 bacterial and 5 protozoan pathogens were each tested on this platform. The nucleic acids were extracted, amplified using multiplexed sets of pooled specific primers, fragmented, labeled, and hybridized to a microarray. Finally, the detected sequences were identified using an automated genomic database alignment algorithm. The performance of the BBP-RMAv.2 demonstrated detection for most spiked protozoan pathogens at 1,000 cells/ml, 10,000 cells/ml for bacterial pathogens and as low as 100 copies/ml for viral pathogens. Coded specimens, including spiked and negative controls, were identified correctly for one blood specimen and for two plasma specimens. One negative plasma resulted in a false positive detection of a virus demonstrating the effectiveness of the platform.
Project description:Here we developed a new approach to sepsis diagnosis that integrates host transcriptional profiling with metagenomic broad-range pathogen detection from cell-free plasma RNA and DNA.
Project description:Study objectives: Acute sleep deprivation affects both central and peripheral biological processes. Prior research has mainly focused on specific proteins or biological pathways that are dysregulated in the setting of sustained wakefulness. This pilotexploratory study’s objective wasaimed to provide a comprehensive view of the biological processes and proteins impacted by acute sleep deprivation in both plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Methods: We collected plasma and CSF from human participants during one night of sleep deprivation and control normal sleep conditions. 1300 proteins were measured at hour 0 and hour 24 using a high-scale aptamer-based proteomics platform (SOMAomascan) and a systematics biological database tool (Metascape) was used to reveal dysregulated biological pathways. Results: Acute sleep deprivation lead to opposite effects in plasma and CSF, decreasingdecreased the number of upregulated and downregulated differential protein expression and biological pathways and proteins in plasma but increased upregulated and downregulated protein and biological pathwayssing them in CSF. Predominantly affected pProteins and n pathways were associated with that were predominantly affected by sleep deprivation included immune response, inflammation, phosphorylation, membrane signaling, cell-cell adhesion, and extracellular matrix organization. Conclusions: The identified modification across biofluids adds to evidence that acute sleep deprivation has important impacts on biological pathways and proteins that can negatively affect human health. As a hypothesis-driving study, these findings may help with the exploration of novel mechanisms that mediate sleep loss and associated conditions, drive the discovery of new sleep loss biomarkers, and ultimately aid in the identification of new targets for intervention to human diseases.
