Differentially represented proteins in response to tuberculosis identified by quantitative serum proteomics in Asian elephants
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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): TripleTOF 5600
ORGANISM(S): Elephas Maximus Maximus
TISSUE(S): Blood Serum
SUBMITTER: 
Margarita Villar
LAB HEAD: Margarita Villar
PROVIDER: PXD033830 | Pride | 2022-10-15
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Differentially Represented Proteins in Response to Infection with <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Identified by Quantitative Serum Proteomics in Asian Elephants.
Villar Margarita M Rajbhandari Rajesh Man RM Artigas-Jerónimo Sara S Contreras Marinela M Sadaula Amir A Karmacharya Dibesh D Alves Paulo Célio PC Gortázar Christian C de la Fuente José J
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20220903 9
Tuberculosis is a major global concern. Tuberculosis in wildlife is a risk for zoonotic transmission and becoming one of the challenges for conservation globally. In elephants, the number of cases is likely rising. The aim of this study was to identify proteins related to tuberculosis infection in elephants, which could then be used for the development of diagnostic tools and/or vaccines. A serum proteomics approach was used to characterize differentially represented proteins in response to <i>M ...[more]
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