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Discovery of Antibody Biomarker
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Discovery of Antibody Biomarker

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 6380

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Dr. Takaki Hiwasa

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Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Interests: SEREX; immunome; cancer; atherosclerosis; cerebro- and cardiovascular disease; oncogene; protease; signal transduction
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Dear Colleagues,

Biomarkers are important and indispensable not only for diagnosis but also for the identification of therapeutic targets. Thus far, many antigen, enzyme, and nucleic acid markers have been developed, yet only few antibody markers are known. Autoantibodies have causal roles in autoimmune diseases, and may affect the development of cancer. Until recently, it was believed that autoantibodies appeared only in patients with autoimmune disease or cancer. However, the recent development of technology has revealed that autoantibodies are developed against most proteins in the body. Such autoantibodies may reflect an individual’s medical history. Therefore, autoantibodies can be applicable for diagnosis of other varieties of diseases in addition to autoimmune disease and cancer. Antibody levels are tremendously increased by repeated exposure to antigens. Therefore, antibody markers are highly sensitive and capable of discriminate trivial alterations of cells and organs. It has been suggested that autoantibodies sometimes play causal roles in other diseases than autoimmune diseases. Thus, analysis of autoantibodies is effective in the identification of therapeutic targets. Remarkable development of antibody biomarkers is expected in the future.

This is the joint Special Issue both in IJMS and Diagnostics.

Dr. Takaki Hiwasa
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • autoantibody biomarker
  • antibody technology
  • autoimmune disease
  • cancer immunology
  • neuroimmunology
  • diabetes mellitus
  • cardiovascular disease
  • atherosclerosis

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Circulating Anti-Sorting Nexins 16 Antibodies as an Emerging Biomarker of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
by Yusuke Katsumata, Jiro Terada, Takuma Matsumura, Ken Koshikawa, Seiichiro Sakao, Go Tomiyoshi, Natsuko Shinmen, Rika Nakamura, Hideyuki Kuroda, Kengo Nagashima, Yoshio Kobayashi, Eiichi Kobayashi, Yasuo Iwadate, Xiao-Meng Zhang, Takaki Hiwasa and Koichiro Tatsumi
Diagnostics 2020, 10(2), 71; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/diagnostics10020071 - 27 Jan 2020
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Biomarkers are not available for monitoring the onset and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a major risk factor for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to test for correlation between circulating anti-Sorting Nexins 16 antibody [...] Read more.
Biomarkers are not available for monitoring the onset and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a major risk factor for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to test for correlation between circulating anti-Sorting Nexins 16 antibody (SNX16-Ab) levels, CAD history and clinical parameters of patients with OSA. Sixty-four healthy donors, 82 adults with OSA, and 96 with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) were studied. Serum samples were collected at diagnostic polysomnography in the OSA group or at the disease onset in the ACS group. Serum SNX16-Ab levels were measured by amplified luminescence proximity homogeneous assay (AlphaLISA), and correlation between SNX16-Ab levels and clinical parameters was analyzed. SNX16-Ab levels and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) were weakly correlated. Additionally, logistic regression analyses of OSA group identified that elevated SNX16-Ab level associated with the history of CAD. Circulating SNX16-Ab could increase during CAD pathogenesis in patients with OSA. Further prospective studies are required to prove the predictive potential of SNX16-Ab level in CAD onset of patients with OSA. Full article
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Revisiting Cell Death Responses in Fibrotic Lung Disease: Crosstalk between Structured and Non-Structured Cells
by Kiyoharu Fukushima, Takashi Satoh, Hiroshi Kida and Atsushi Kumanogoh
Diagnostics 2020, 10(7), 504; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/diagnostics10070504 - 21 Jul 2020
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Fibrosis is a life-threatening disorder caused by excessive formation of connective tissue that can affect several critical organs. Innate immune cells are involved in the development of various disorders, including lung fibrosis. To date, several hematopoietic cell types have been implicated in fibrosis, [...] Read more.
Fibrosis is a life-threatening disorder caused by excessive formation of connective tissue that can affect several critical organs. Innate immune cells are involved in the development of various disorders, including lung fibrosis. To date, several hematopoietic cell types have been implicated in fibrosis, including pro-fibrotic monocytes like fibrocytes and segregated-nucleus-containing atypical monocytes (SatMs), but the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying its development remain unclear. Repetitive injury and subsequent cell death response are triggering events for lung fibrosis development. Crosstalk between lung structured and non-structured cells is known to regulate the key molecular event. We recently reported that RNA-binding motif protein 7 (RBM7) expression is highly upregulated in the fibrotic lung and plays fundamental roles in fibrosis development. RBM7 regulates nuclear degradation of NEAT1 non-coding RNA, resulting in sustained apoptosis in the lung epithelium and fibrosis. Apoptotic epithelial cells produce CXCL12, which leads to the recruitment of pro-fibrotic monocytes. Apoptosis is also the main source of autoantigens. Recent studies have revealed important functions for natural autoantibodies that react with specific sets of self-antigens and are unique to individual diseases. Here, we review recent insights into lung fibrosis development in association with crosstalk between structured cells like lung epithelial cells and non-structured cells like migrating immune cells, and discuss their relevance to acquired immunity through natural autoantibody production. Full article
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