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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation1995

Virulent strain associated outer membrane proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi.

J T Skare, E S Shang, D M Foley, D R Blanco, C I Champion, T Mirzabekov, Y Sokolov, B L Kagan, J N Miller, M A Lovett

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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78citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J T SkareDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024, USA.
E S Shang
D M Foley
D R Blanco
C I Champion
T Mirzabekov
Y Sokolov
B L Kagan
J N Miller
M A Lovett
West Los Angeles College · US

Funding

PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS IN LYME BORRELIOSISR01AI029733 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOVETT, MICHAEL A. · 1990 to 2005
$3.1M
IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL SYPHILISR01AI012601 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOVETT, MICHAEL A. · 1986 to 2004
$2.3M
Immune Mechanisms in Experimental SyphilisR56AI012601 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOVETT, MICHAEL A. · 2005 to 2005
$460k
GENETICS OF TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PATHOGENICITYR01AI021352 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOVETT, MICHAEL A. · 1985 to 1995
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NIAID NIH HHS AI-12601NIAID NIH HHS AI-21352NIAID NIH HHS AI-29733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have isolated and purified outer membrane vesicles (OMV) from Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 based on methods developed for isolation of Treponema pallidum OMV. Purified OMV exhibited distinct porin activities with conductances of 0.6 and 12.6 nano-Siemen and had no detectable beta-NADH oxidase activity indicating their outer membrane origin and their lack of inner membrane contamination, respectively. Hydrophobic proteins were identified by phase partitioning with Triton X-114. Most of these hydrophobic membrane proteins were not acylated, suggesting that they are outer membrane-spanning proteins. Identification of palmitate-labeled lipoproteins revealed that several were enriched in the OMV, several were enriched in the protoplasmic cylinder inner membrane fraction, and others were found exclusively associated with the inner membrane. The protein composition of OMV changed significantly with successive in vitro cultivation of strain B31. Using antiserum with specificity for virulent strain B31, we identified OMV antigens on the surface of the spirochete and identified proteins whose presence in OMV could be correlated with virulence and protective immunity in the rabbit Lyme disease model. These virulent strain associated outer membrane-spanning proteins may provide new insight into the pathogenesis of Lyme disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferi GroupLyme DiseasePorinsRabbitsVirulenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsPorins

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PMID7593626
PMCPMC185890
OpenAlexW1997698750

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