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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Serogroup-specific bacterial engineered glycoproteins as novel antigenic targets for diagnosis of shiga toxin-producing-escherichia coli-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

Luciano J Melli, Andrés E Ciocchini, Ana J Caillava, Nicolás Vozza, Isabel Chinen, Marta Rivas, Mario F Feldman, Juan E Ugalde, Diego J Comerci

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Luciano J MelliInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Andrés E CiocchiniInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ana J CaillavaInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nicolás VozzaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Isabel ChinenServicio Fisiopatogenia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Marta RivasServicio Fisiopatogenia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas-ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mario F FeldmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Juan E UgaldeInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina jugalde@iibintech.com.ar dcomerci@iibintech.com.ar.
Diego J ComerciInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Grupo Pecuario, Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina jugalde@iibintech.com.ar dcomerci@iibintech.com.ar.
Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud · ARInstituto Tecnológico de Chascomús · ARNational University of General San Martín · ARUniversity of Alberta · CAConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a major cause of postdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening condition characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. E. coli O157:H7 is the dominant STEC serotype associated with HUS worldwide, although non-O157 STEC serogroups can cause a similar disease. The detection of anti-O157 E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antibodies in combination with stool culture and detection of free fecal Shiga toxin considerably improves the diagnosis of STEC infections. In the present study, we exploited a bacterial glycoengineering technology to develop recombinant glycoproteins consisting of the O157, O145, or O121 polysaccharide attached to a carrier protein as serogroup-specific antigens for the serological diagnosis of STEC-associated HUS. Our results demonstrate that using these antigens in indirect ELISAs (glyco-iELISAs), it is possible to clearly discriminate between STEC O157-, O145-, and O121-infected patients and healthy children, as well as to confirm the diagnosis in HUS patients for whom the classical diagnostic procedures failed. Interestingly, a specific IgM response was detected in almost all the analyzed samples, indicating that it is possible to detect the infection in the early stages of the disease. Additionally, in all the culture-positive HUS patients, the serotype identified by glyco-iELISAs was in accordance with the serotype of the isolated strain, indicating that these antigens are valuable not only for diagnosing HUS caused by the O157, O145, and O121 serogroups but also for serotyping and guiding the subsequent steps to confirm diagnosis.

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Antibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialChildChild, PreschoolEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGlycoproteinsHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansImmunoglobulin MInfantInfant, NewbornRecombinant ProteinsRetrospective StudiesSerotypingShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coliSingle-Blind MethodAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialGlycoproteinsImmunoglobulin MRecombinant Proteins

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PMID25472487
PMCPMC4298553
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