Project description:We asked whether Campylobacter jejuni isolated from patients with Guillain-Barri syndrome (GBS) differ from isolates isolated from patients with uncomplicated gastrointestinal infection using DNA microarray analysis. We found that specific GBS genes or regions were not identified, and microarray analysis confirmed significant genomic heterogeneity among the isolates.
Project description:We asked whether Campylobacter jejuni isolated from patients with Guillain-Barri syndrome (GBS) differ from isolates isolated from patients with uncomplicated gastrointestinal infection using DNA microarray analysis. We found that specific GBS genes or regions were not identified, and microarray analysis confirmed significant genomic heterogeneity among the isolates. An all pairs experiment design type is where all labeled extracts are compared to every other labeled extract. Keywords: all_pairs
Project description:We asked whether Campylobacter jejuni isolated from patients with Guillain-Barri syndrome (GBS) differ from isolates isolated from patients with uncomplicated gastrointestinal infection using DNA microarray analysis. We found that specific GBS genes or regions were not identified, and microarray analysis confirmed significant genomic heterogeneity among the isolates. An all pairs experiment design type is where all labeled extracts are compared to every other labeled extract. Computed
Project description:The underlying change of gene network expression of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) remains elusive. We sought to identify GBS-associated gene networks and signalling pathways by analyzing the transcriptional profile of leukocytes in the patients with GBS.
Project description:The underlying change of gene network expression of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) remains elusive. We sought to identify GBS-associated gene networks and signalling pathways by analyzing the transcriptional profile of leukocytes in the patients with GBS. Quantitative global gene expression microarray analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes was performed on 7 patients with GBS and 7 healthy controls.
Project description:Background. The bacterial foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis and is also associated with the postinfectious neuropathies, Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes. This study described the use of multilocus sequence typing and DNA microarrays to examine the genetic content of a collection of South African C. jejuni strains, recovered from patients with enteritis, Guillain-Barré or Miller Fisher syndromes. Methodology/Principal Findings. The comparative genomic analysis by using multilocus sequence typing and DNA microarrays demonstrated that the South African strains with Penner heat-stable (HS) serotype HS:41 were clearly distinct from the other South African strains. Further analysis of the DNA microarray data demonstrated that the serotype HS:41 strains from South African GBS and enteritis patients are highly similar in gene content. Interestingly, the South African HS:41 strains were distinct in gene content when compared to serotype HS:41 strains from other geographical locations due to the presence of genomic islands, referred to as Campylobacter jejuni integrated elements. Only the genomic integrated element CJIE1, a Campylobacter Mu-like prophage, was present in the South African HS:41 strains whereas absent in the closely-related HS:41 strains from Mexico. A more distantly-related HS:41 strain from Canada possessed both genomic integrated elements CJIE1 and CJIE2. Conclusion/Significance. These findings demonstrated that these C. jejuni integrated elements may contribute to the differentiation of closely-related C. jejuni strains. In addition, the presence of bacteriophage-related genes in CJIE1 may probably contribute to increasing the genomic diversity of these C. jejuni strains. This comparative genomic analysis of the foodborne pathogen C. jejuni provides fundamental information that potentially could lead to improved methods for analyzing the epidemiology of disease outbreaks and their sources. Keywords: comparative genomic indexing analysis
Project description:Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading causes of bacterial diarrhea worldwide and the most common antecedent in peripheral neuropathies such as Guillain Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes (Blaser et al., 2000). Despite the medical and socioeconomic importance of C. jejuni, the proportion of human disease caused by different sources of infection remains unclear. Indeed, this issue has hindered effective control strategies against reducing C. jejuni levels from the food chain. Up to date, a vast number of phenotypic and genotypic typing systems and a large number of databases have been developed in order to determine the different Campylobacter infection sources. However, traditional methods are unable to discriminate strains from different sources that are responsible for causing disease in humans. Interestingly, DNA microarrays represent a technological alternative to compare entire genomes, allowing the identification of all the genes present or absent in a particular strain by comparison with the genome of the reference strain present in the microarray. Previous comparative genomic hybridazation studies of C. jejuni using DNA microarrays have focused on the genetic variability in C. jejuni (Dorrell et al., 2001), which suggest that this organism has high levels of genetic diversity and low levels of genetic plasticity (Taboada et al., 2004). On that account, the aim of this study was based on a comparison by CGH (Comparative Genomic Hybridization) using DNA microarrays for determining the degree of genomic variability of C. jejuni strains from different geographical areas and sources of isolation. This system enabled us to identify possible genes that could be used as genetic markers predictive of infection source. Furthermore, CGH data provide additional information that could be useful for the formulation of new hypotheses about C. jejuni genome evolution, virulence, pathogenicity, and host specificity.
Project description:An investigation of gene expression changes in rectal biopsies from donors with IBS compared to controls to begin to understand this complex syndrome. To further investigate differences between IBS groups (constipation and diarrhoea predominant) (part1) and how IBS relates to bacterial infection (part2) with biopsies taken 6 months after Campylobacter jejuni infection. Part1: 18 Constipation predominant IBS subjects (IBS-C) and 27 diarrhoea predominant IBS subjects (IBS-D) compared to 21 healthy volunteers (HV). Part2: 21 Campylobacter jejuni infection (PIBD, PIBS, PINIBS) compared to 19 healthy volunteers (HV). PIBD = post Campylobacter infection with IBS (within 6 months) PIBS = post infection IBS (unknown time point and organism) PINIBS = post Campylobacter infection with no resulting IBS