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    Serum PEDF levels are decreased in a spontaneous animal model for human autoimmune uveitis.
        
        J. Proteome Res. 8, (Sp. Iss. SI), 992-998 (2009)
    
    
    
	    Identification of biomarkers is of critical relevance toward improving diagnosis and therapy of autoimmune disorders. Serum markers are a desirable choice as sera are easily accessible and the development of assays for routine clinical detection prompts feasible. Autoimmune uveitis, a recurrent disease affecting the eye, is characterized by returning inflammatory attacks of the inner eye followed by variable periods of quiescent stages. Spontaneous equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is the equine equivalent and serves as a model for the human disease. To identify potential biomarker candidates, we first systematically compared the proteomes of individual ERU cases with healthy controls by proteomic profiling using 2-D difference-gel-electrophoresis (2-D DIGE) followed by tandem mass spectrometry. A total of seven differentially expressed proteins were identified. Besides the upregulation of IgG and the significant lower expression of albumin, Antithrombin III, and Vitamin D binding protein, we found complement components C1q and C4, to be downregulated in uveitic state. Interestingly, Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), a marker already detected by 2DE differential proteome analysis in ERU target tissues, vitreous and retina, was found to be also significantly downregulated in sera. The lower expression of PEDF in sera of horses with uveitis could be verified in a cohort of 116 ERU cases and 115 healthy controls. Our findings of a significant lower PEDF expression in ERU cases also in the periphery of the eye proves PEDF as a promising uveitis biomarker.
	
	
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        Publication type
        Article: Journal article
    
 
    
        Document type
        Scientific Article
    
 
     
    
    
        Keywords
        Pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF); serum; biomarker; Fluorescence two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis; uveitis; difference gel-electrophoresis; epithelium-derived factor; d-binding protein; equine recurrent uveitis; vitamin-d; retinal autoantigens; mass-spectrometry; s-antigen; disease; gene
    
 
     
    
    
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        Publication Year
        2009
    
 
     
    
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        2009
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        1535-3893
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1535-3907
    
 
    
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Journal
        Journal of Proteome Research
    
 
	
    
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	    Volume: 8,  
	    Issue: 2,  
	    Pages: 992-998,  
	    
	    Supplement: (Sp. Iss. SI) 
	
    
 
    
         
        
            Publisher
            American Chemical Society (ACS)
        
 
         
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Reviewing status
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institute(s)
        CF Metabolomics & Proteomics (CF-MPC)
    
 
    
        POF-Topic(s)
        30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
    
 
    
        Research field(s)
        Enabling and Novel Technologies
    
 
    
        PSP Element(s)
        G-505700-001
    
 
     
     	
    
    
        Scopus ID
        61849086258
    
    
        PubMed ID
        19113885
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2009-12-31