Reactivity of Antibodies from Syphilis Patients to a Protein Array Representing the Treponema pallidum Proteome

MB Brinkman, M McKevitt, M McLoughlin… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
MB Brinkman, M McKevitt, M McLoughlin, C Perez, J Howell, GM Weinstock, SJ Norris
Journal of clinical microbiology, 2006Am Soc Microbiol
To identify antigens important in the human immune response to syphilis, the serum
antibody reactivity of syphilitic patients was examined with 908 of the 1,039 proteins in the
proteome of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum using a protein array enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay. Thirty-four proteins exhibited significant reactivity when assayed with
human sera from patients in the early latent stage of syphilis. A subset of antigens identified
were further scrutinized for antibody reactivity at primary, secondary, and latent disease …
Abstract
To identify antigens important in the human immune response to syphilis, the serum antibody reactivity of syphilitic patients was examined with 908 of the 1,039 proteins in the proteome of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum using a protein array enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Thirty-four proteins exhibited significant reactivity when assayed with human sera from patients in the early latent stage of syphilis. A subset of antigens identified were further scrutinized for antibody reactivity at primary, secondary, and latent disease stages, and the results demonstrate that the humoral immune response to individual T. pallidum proteins develops at different rates during the time course of infection.
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