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ArticleBiomarker insights2019

Identification of Urinary CD44 and Prosaposin as Specific Biomarkers of Urinary Tract Infections in Children With Neurogenic Bladders.

Catherine S Forster, Wendy D Haffey, Michael Bennett, Kenneth D Greis, Prasad Devarajan

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Article in Biomarker insights, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prosaposin in CNS health and disease, metabolic stress and exercise adaptation.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine S ForsterDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Wendy D HaffeyDepartment of Cancer Biology and Proteomics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Michael BennettDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Kenneth D GreisDepartment of Cancer Biology and Proteomics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Prasad DevarajanDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati · USChildren's National · US

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCHP30ES006096 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI YADAV, JAGJIT S · 1992 to 2022
$35.4M
Proteomics CoreP50DK096418 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI DEVARAJAN, PRASAD · 2012 to 2021
$8.4M
Enhanced proteomics capabilities for quantitation of proteins with a triple quadS10RR027015 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI GREIS, KENNETH DONALD · 2010 to 2010
$426k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027015NIDDK NIH HHS P50 DK096418NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDistinguishing urinary tract infection (UTI) from urinary tract colonization (UTC) in children with neurogenic bladders who require clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) is challenging. Our objective was to identify urinary proteins to distinguish UTI from UTC in CIC-dependent children that have potential to serve as objective markers of UTI. EXPERIMENTAL

designA total of 10 CIC-dependent children were included in the mass spectrometry analysis (UTI = 5, UTC = 5). Quantitative profiling of urine proteins with isobaric protein labeling was performed using tandem mass spectrometry. Candidate markers were normalized using a collective mixture of proteins from all samples. Relative quantitative abundance of proteins across all samples were compared. Proteins with >50% change in the average abundance were identified as proteins of interest, which were then measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in an additional 40 samples (no growth = 10, UTC = 15, UTI = 15).

resultsMass spectrometry revealed 8 differentially expressed proteins. Of these, apolipoprotein D, alpha-amylase 2B, non-secretory ribonuclease, CD44 antigen, and prosaposin were measurable by ELISA. Concentrations of both CD44 and prosaposin were significantly higher in UTI, with area under the curves (AUCs) of 0.72 and 0.78, respectively.

conclusionUrinary CD44 and prosaposin are candidate markers that may assist with the diagnosis of UTI in CIC-dependent children.

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biomarkersneurogenic bladderurinary tract infection

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PMID30906192
PMCPMC6421595
OpenAlexW2922406344

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