[HTML][HTML] Identification of a novel serum biomarker for tuberculosis infection in Chinese HIV patients by iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics

C Chen, T Yan, L Liu, J Wang, Q Jin - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
C Chen, T Yan, L Liu, J Wang, Q Jin
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major comorbidity in HIV patients as well as a serious co-epidemic.
Traditional detection methods are not effective or sensitive for the detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the early stage. TB has become a major cause of lethal on
HIV patients. We employed isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)
technology to identify the different host responses in HIV-noTB and HIV-TB patients' sera.
Given the diversity of HIV subtypes, which results in a variety of host responses in different …
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major comorbidity in HIV patients as well as a serious co-epidemic. Traditional detection methods are not effective or sensitive for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the early stage. TB has become a major cause of lethal on HIV patients. We employed isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technology to identify the different host responses in HIV-noTB and HIV-TB patients’ sera. Given the diversity of HIV subtypes, which results in a variety of host responses in different human populations, we focused on the Chinese patients. Of the 25 proteins identified, 7 were increased and 18 were decreased in HIV-TB co-infected patients. These proteins were found to be involved in host immune response processes. We identified a candidate protein, endoglin (ENG), which showed an 4.9 times increase by iTRAQ and 11.5 times increase by ELISA. ENG demonstrated the diagnostic efficacy and presented a novel molecular biomarker for TB in HIV-infected Chinese patients. This study provides new insight into the challenges in the diagnosis and effective management of patients with HIV-TB.
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