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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a severe infection that is difficult to diagnose due to the ubiquitous presence of fungal spores, the underlying diseases of risk patients, and limitations of … currently available markers. In this study, we performed a comprehensive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based identification of host and fungal proteins expressed during IPA in mice and humans. The proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage samples of individual IPA and control cases allowed the description of common host factors that had significantly increased abundance in both infected animals and IPA patients compared to their controls. Although increased levels of these individual host proteins might not be sufficient to distinguish bacterial from fungal infection, a combination of these markers might be beneficial to improve diagnosis. We also identified 16 fungal proteins that were specifically detected during infection and may be valuable candidates for biomarker evaluation.
Authors: S. Machata, Wolfgang Müller, R. Lehmann, Patricia Sieber, Gianni Panagiotou, A. Carvalho, C. Cunha, K. Lagrou, J. Maertens, Hortense Slevogt, Ilse Jacobsen
Date Published: 12th Oct 2020
Journal: Virulence
PubMed ID: 33043780
Citation: Virulence. 2020 Dec;11(1):1337-1351. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1824960.