2024
Insights From Omics in Lyme Disease
Bockenstedt L, Belperron A. Insights From Omics in Lyme Disease. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: s18-s26. PMID: 39140719, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae250.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Proteome Analysis for Inflammation Related to Acute and Convalescent Infection
Sigdel T, Sur S, Boada P, McDermott S, Arlehamn C, Murray K, Bockenstedt L, Kerwin M, Reed E, Harris E, Stuart K, Peters B, Sesma A, Montgomery R, Sarwal M. Proteome Analysis for Inflammation Related to Acute and Convalescent Infection. Inflammation 2023, 47: 346-362. PMID: 37831367, PMCID: PMC10799112, DOI: 10.1007/s10753-023-01913-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchC motif chemokine ligand 1C motif chemokine receptor 7Human Immunology Project ConsortiumWest Nile virusDengue virusLyme diseaseKidney transplant patientsChemokine ligand 1Chemokine receptor 7Common therapeutic interventionTumor necrosis factor receptorHost defense mechanismsNecrosis factor receptorCell surface markersConvalescent infectionTransplant patientsConvalescent phaseImmune signaturesAcute phaseConvalescent stageReceptor 7Common biological pathwaysHealthy donorsPolyomavirus infectionImmune response
2022
Longitudinal serum proteomics analyses identify unique and overlapping host response pathways in Lyme disease and West Nile virus infection
Boada P, Fatou B, Belperron A, Sigdel T, Smolen K, Wurie Z, Levy O, Ronca S, Murray K, Liberto J, Rashmi P, Kerwin M, Montgomery R, Bockenstedt L, Steen H, Sarwal M. Longitudinal serum proteomics analyses identify unique and overlapping host response pathways in Lyme disease and West Nile virus infection. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 13: 1012824. PMID: 36569838, PMCID: PMC9784464, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1012824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virus infectionLyme diseaseVirus infectionWNV infectionSerum proteomeSymptomatic WNV infectionTime of diagnosisHealthy control seraDisseminated Lyme diseaseHost response pathwaysExtracellular bacterial infectionsSerum proteomic analysisIntracellular viral infectionsViral infectionHost responseBacterial infectionsControl seraStudy participantsInfectionDiseaseDisease biomarkersEarly diagnosticsLC/MSMolecular mechanismsRecovery phase
2012
Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy
Bockenstedt LK, Gonzalez DG, Haberman AM, Belperron AA. Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2012, 122: 2652-2660. PMID: 22728937, PMCID: PMC3386809, DOI: 10.1172/jci58813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigens, BacterialArthritis, InfectiousBacterial LoadBorrelia burgdorferiCartilageCeftriaxoneDoxycyclineEar, ExternalFemaleFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsJoint CapsuleLyme DiseaseMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88PatellaRecombinant ProteinsConceptsNaive miceAntibiotic treatmentIntravital microscopyAntibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritisLyme diseaseTNF-α productionBorrelia burgdorferi antigensB. burgdorferi antigensSpirochete antigenTLR responsivenessInflammatory arthritisAntibiotic therapyLyme arthritisWT miceMusculoskeletal symptomsAntigens persistSlow resolutionImmunodeficient miceMouse modelTissue transplantsPathogen burdenSpirochete DNAInfectious spirochetesLyme borreliosisMice
1999
Quantitative detection of Borrelia burgdorferi with a microtiter-based competitive polymerase chain reaction assay
Germer J, Ryckmann B, Moro M, Hofmeister E, Barthold S, Bockenstedt L, Persing D. Quantitative detection of Borrelia burgdorferi with a microtiter-based competitive polymerase chain reaction assay. Molecular Diagnosis 1999, 4: 185-193. PMID: 10553019, DOI: 10.1016/s1084-8592(99)80022-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme disease pathogenesisPolymerase chain reactionDisease pathogenesisBALB/c miceAvailable enzyme-linked immunosorbentB. burgdorferi flagellin geneChain reactionQuantitative competitive polymerase chain reactionEnzyme-linked immunosorbentCompetitive polymerase chain reactionImmunologic componentsInfectious burdenC miceInflammatory processC3H miceMurine modelAnimal modelsTissue weightTissue burdenLyme diseaseTarget tissuesSpecific target tissuesBorrelia burgdorferiDetection kitCompetitive internal standard