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ArticlePloS one2013

Profiling antibody responses to infections by Chlamydia abortus enables identification of potential virulence factors and candidates for serodiagnosis.

Vera Forsbach-Birk, Corinna Foddis, Ulrike Simnacher, Max Wilkat, David Longbottom, Gernot Walder, Christiane Benesch, Martin Ganter, Konrad Sachse, Andreas Essig

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Vera Forsbach-BirkInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Corinna Foddis
Ulrike Simnacher
Max Wilkat
David Longbottom
Gernot Walder
Christiane Benesch
Martin Ganter
Konrad Sachse
Andreas Essig
University Hospital Ulm · DEInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DEFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DEInnsbruck Medical University · ATMoredun Research Institute · GBUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E018939/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) due to infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia (C.) abortus is an important zoonosis leading to considerable economic loss to agriculture worldwide. The pathogen can be transmitted to humans and may lead to serious infection in pregnant women. Knowledge about epidemiology, clinical course and transmission to humans is hampered by the lack of reliable diagnostic tools. Immunoreactive proteins, which are expressed in infected animals and humans, may serve as novel candidates for diagnostic marker proteins and represent putative virulence factors. In order to broaden the spectrum of immunogenic C. abortus proteins we applied 2D immunoblot analysis and screening of an expression library using human and animal sera. We have identified 48 immunoreactive proteins representing potential diagnostic markers and also putative virulence factors, such as CAB080 (homologue of the "macrophage infectivity potentiator", MIP), CAB167 (homologue of the "translocated actin recruitment protein", TARP), CAB712 (homologue of the "chlamydial protease-like activity factor", CPAF), CAB776 (homologue of the "Polymorphic membrane protein D", PmpD), and the "hypothetical proteins" CAB063, CAB408 and CAB821, which are predicted to be type III secreted. We selected two putative virulence factors for further characterization, i.e. CAB080 (cMIP) and CAB063, and studied their expression profiles at transcript and protein levels. Analysis of the subcellular localization of both proteins throughout the developmental cycle revealed CAB063 being the first C. abortus protein shown to be translocated to the host cell nucleus.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibody FormationAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBiomarkersCell Line, TumorChlamydiaChlamydia InfectionsFemaleHeLa CellsHumansPregnancySerumSheepVirulence FactorsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBiomarkersVirulence Factors

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PMID24260366
PMCPMC3829881
OpenAlexW2060337432

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