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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2006

Human guanylate binding protein-1 is a secreted GTPase present in increased concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis.

Elisabeth Naschberger, Clara Lubeseder-Martellato, Nadine Meyer, Ruth Gessner, Elisabeth Kremmer, Andrè Gessner, Michael Stürzl

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elisabeth NaschbergerDepartment of Surgery, Division of Molecular and Experimental Surgery, Institute for Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, Munich, Germany.
Clara Lubeseder-Martellato
Nadine Meyer
Ruth Gessner
Elisabeth Kremmer
Andrè Gessner
Michael Stürzl
Institute for Environment and Human Security · DEInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DEInstitute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon-gamma-induced GTPases are key to the protective immunity against microbial and viral pathogens. As yet, the cell interior has been regarded as the exclusive residence of these proteins. Here we show that a member of this group, human guanylate binding protein-1 (hGBP-1), is secreted from cells. Secretion occurred in the absence of a leader peptide via a nonclassical, likely ABC transporter-dependent, pathway, was independent of hGBP-1 GTPase activity and isoprenylation, and did not require additional interferon-gamma-induced factors. Interestingly, hGBP-1 was only secreted from endothelial cells but not from any of the nine different cell types tested. Clinically most important was the detection of significantly (P<0.001, Mann-Whitney U-test) increased hGBP-1 concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis (n=32) as compared to control patients (n=74). In this first report of a secreted GTPase, we demonstrate that secreted hGBP-1 may be a useful surrogate marker for diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

Indexed as

BiomarkersCells, CulturedDiagnosis, DifferentialGTP-Binding ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansInterferon-gammaMeningitis, BacterialProtein PrenylationVirus DiseasesBiomarkersGBP1 protein, humanGTP-Binding ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesInterferon-gamma

Identifiers

PMID16936281
PMCPMC1698817
OpenAlexW2078859998

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