scholarly journals Chromosome mapping of the human gene encoding the 68-kDa nuclear antigen (p68) by using the polymerase chain reaction.

1989 ◽  
Vol 86 (16) ◽  
pp. 6211-6214 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Iggo ◽  
A. Gough ◽  
W. Xu ◽  
D. P. Lane ◽  
N. K. Spurr
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Human Gene ◽  
Chromosome Mapping ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Polymerase Chain

scholarly journals AB0691 ANALYSIS OF SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES IN NON-COVID-19 PATIENTS: COMPARISON BETWEEN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1379.1-1379
Author(s):  
L. Giardullo ◽  
C. Rotondo ◽  
A. Corrado ◽  
N. Maruotti ◽  
R. Colia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Systemic Sclerosis ◽  
Autoimmune Disease ◽  
Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Background:Previous study evidenced a cross-reactivity between Sars-Cov-2 antibodies and autoimmune tissue antigen involved in connective tissue diseases, as nuclear antigen (NA), extractable nuclear antigen (ENA), histone and collagen (1). No study has been published about the titer of Sars-Cov-2 antibodies in non-infected patients with autoimmune disease.Objectives:To evaluate the titer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in non-COVID-19 patients and compare it between systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and healthy controls (HC).Methods:A total of 58 patients with SSc (who fulfilled ACR/EULAR 2013 SSc classification criteria) and 18 HC were enrolled. Sera of all participants were collected, and SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG and IgM) were evaluated by means ELISA. In all participants swabs for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction assay were reported negative. Demographic, clinical, and autoimmune serological characteristics of SSc patients were recorded. The normal distribution was assessed using the Shapiro–Wilk’s test. Exclusion criteria was previous or actual Sars-Cov-2 infection. Comparisons between study groups of patients were evaluated by the Student’s t-test or Mann – Whitney U-test as appropriate. The differences between categorial variables were assessed by Pearson chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, as opportune. Statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.Results:We observed significant differences between SSc patients and HC in serum levels of Sars-Cov-2 antibodies (IgG: 1,4±2,1 AU/ml vs 0,36±0,19 AU/ml respectively (p=0,001); and IgM: 2,5±3,1 AU/ml vs 0,8±0,7 AU/ml (p=0,022)). In 5 SSc patients was found titer of Sars-Cov-2 antibodies (IgG) exceeding the cut-off, but the control of swabs for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction assay were negative. No significative differences in Sars-Cov-2 autoantibodies titer were found in subgroup of SSc patients with or without ILD or PAH, limited or diffuse skin subset, and different autoantibodies profile. Furthermore, antibodies titer was not associated with different drugs (steroid, methotrexate, mofetil-mycophenolate and bosentan) in use.Conclusion:A cross mimicking between Sars-Cov-2 antibodies and antinuclear antibodies or anti ENA could be hypothesized. Further studies are necessary to unravel the reliability of Sars-Cov-2 antibodies detection in autoimmune disease.References:[1]Vojdani, A., Vojdani, E., & Kharrazian, D. (2021). Reaction of human monoclonal antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 proteins with tissue antigens: Implications for autoimmune diseases. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 3679Disclosure of Interests:None declared

scholarly journals Differential effects of distamycin analogues on amplification of human gene sequences by polymerase-chain reaction

1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Passadore ◽  
N Bianchi ◽  
G Feriotto ◽  
C Mischiati ◽  
P Giacomini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Pyrrole Ring ◽  
Human Gene ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Genomic Region ◽  
Ras Oncogene ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Sequence Preference ◽  
Polymerase Chain

In this report we analyse the effects of distamycin and five distamycin analogues on amplification by polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) of two gene sequences displaying a different A+T/G+C content. The first was a 5′ region of the human oestrogen receptor (ER) gene, containing a (TA)26 stretch; the second was a CG-rich sequence of the human Ha-ras oncogene. The results obtained unequivocally demonstrate that the addition of one pyrrole ring significantly improves the ability of distamycin derivatives to interfere with PCR-mediated amplification of the human ER genomic region carrying a (TA)26 stretch. The distamycin analogues analysed differ in the number of pyrrole rings and in the presence of an N-formyl, an N-formimidoyl or a retroamide group at position X1. Among compounds carrying the same number of pyrrole rings, those carrying an N-formyl or an N-formimidoyl group retain a similar inhibitory activity. The retroamide analogues, on the contrary, are much less efficient in inhibiting PCR-mediated amplification of the 5′ER region. With respect to sequence selectivity both distamycin and distamycin analogues exhibit a sequence preference, since they do not inhibit PCR amplification of Ha-ras CG-rich gene regions, with the exception of a distamycin analogue carrying four pyrrole rings.

Evaluation of three polymerase chain reaction techniques for detection ofBrucellaDNA in peripheral human blood

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 352-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manal M. Baddour ◽  
Dalal H. Alkhalifa
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Human Blood Samples ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Pcr Techniques

Brucellosis is a widespread zoonosis. Currently the diagnosis of this zoonosis is based on microbiological and serological laboratory tests. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been used to detect DNA from Brucella . Different target genes, primer pairs, PCR techniques, and extraction procedures have previously been published for Brucella detection. But only a few of these primers have been used in human samples, and only one study has been carried out to compare sensitivity between them. In the present study, 3 sets of primers and 3 different PCR protocols amplifying 3 different regions of the Brucella genome were compared for detection of Brucella DNA in a peripheral-blood PCR assay to conclude which is most suitable for the clinical diagnostic laboratory. These 3 pairs of primers amplify 3 different fragments included in (i) a gene encoding a 31 kDa Brucella abortus antigen (B4/B5), (ii) a sequence 16S rRNA of B. abortus (F4/R2), and (iii) a gene encoding an outer membrane protein (omp-2) (JPF/JPR). Some modifications on the reported techniques were applied during the present work to improve the outcome. The results showed that the B4/B5 primer pair had the highest sensitivity for detection of positive samples (98%), the JPF/JPR primer pair detected 88.4% of positive samples, whereas F4/R2 primer pair was the least sensitive, being able to detect only 53.1% of positive samples. The specificity of the 3 techniques was 100%. The B4/B5 primer pair was also able to detect the smallest number of bacteria (700 cfu/mL), whereas JPF/JPR was able to detect 7 × 105 cfu/mL and F4/R2 was able to detect 7 × 107cfu/mL. It is thus concluded that using the B4/B5 primer PCR with the suggested modifications is a robust assay, which meets the sensitivity requirements to be used for testing of human blood samples for brucellosis in the diagnostic laboratory.

Detection and identification ofEntamoeba gingivalisby specific amplification of rRNA gene

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1248-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriko Kikuta ◽  
Ayako Yamamoto ◽  
Nobuichi Goto
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Protozoan Parasite ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Small Subunit Rrna ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Detection And Identification ◽  
Specific Amplification ◽  
Polymerase Chain

A pair of oligonucleotide primers were designed from the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SrRNA) of the oral protozoan parasite Entamoeba gingivalis. The primers amplified a 1.4-kb DNA fragment by polymerase chain reaction and were specific for Entamoeba gingivalis but not for other protozoa, oral protists and bacteria, or human leukocytes. With this method, the DNA from as few as 30 cells of Entamoeba gingivalis could be detected. These results suggest that this approach is applicable to the detection and identification of Entamoeba gingivalis in the human oral cavity.Key words: Entamoeba gingivalis, small subunit rRNA, polymerase chain reaction, diagnostics.

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