Journal: Cardiovascular Diabetology

Article Title: Circulating levels of AGEs and soluble RAGE isoforms are associated with all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01535-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparison of AGEs, sRAGE isoforms, and their ratios between healthy controls (CTR) and patients with type 2 diabetes

Article Snippet: Specifically, total human sRAGE included the detection of both cRAGE and esRAGE variants (DY1145, Human RAGE DuoSet ELISA, R&D Systems Inc., MN, USA) and esRAGE concentration was evaluated by an ELISA assay with an antibody raised against the exclusive C-terminal amino acids (332–347) sequence (K1009-1, B-bridge International, CA, USA). cRAGE was determined by subtracting esRAGE from sRAGE as already described [ , , ].

Techniques: Comparison

Journal: Cardiovascular Diabetology

Article Title: Circulating levels of AGEs and soluble RAGE isoforms are associated with all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01535-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Boxplots for the comparison of A total sRAGE, esRAGE, and cRAGE isoforms and ) AGEs/sRAGE, AGEs/esRAGE, AGEs/cRAGE, cRAGE/esRAGE ratio among healthy control subjects (CTR) and type 2 diabetes patients without (T2DM-NC) or with (T2DM-C) complications. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001 for Dunn’s post-hoc tests following Kruskal-Wallis H test

Article Snippet: Specifically, total human sRAGE included the detection of both cRAGE and esRAGE variants (DY1145, Human RAGE DuoSet ELISA, R&D Systems Inc., MN, USA) and esRAGE concentration was evaluated by an ELISA assay with an antibody raised against the exclusive C-terminal amino acids (332–347) sequence (K1009-1, B-bridge International, CA, USA). cRAGE was determined by subtracting esRAGE from sRAGE as already described [ , , ].

Techniques: Comparison, Control

Journal: Cardiovascular Diabetology

Article Title: Circulating levels of AGEs and soluble RAGE isoforms are associated with all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01535-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Spearman correlations of AGEs and the different isoforms of sRAGE isoforms with age in healthy controls (CTR) and patients with type 2 diabetes

Article Snippet: Specifically, total human sRAGE included the detection of both cRAGE and esRAGE variants (DY1145, Human RAGE DuoSet ELISA, R&D Systems Inc., MN, USA) and esRAGE concentration was evaluated by an ELISA assay with an antibody raised against the exclusive C-terminal amino acids (332–347) sequence (K1009-1, B-bridge International, CA, USA). cRAGE was determined by subtracting esRAGE from sRAGE as already described [ , , ].

Techniques:

Journal: Cardiovascular Diabetology

Article Title: Circulating levels of AGEs and soluble RAGE isoforms are associated with all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01535-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Age- and HbA1c-adjusted multiple quantile regression model for the evaluation of AGEs and sRAGE isoforms in type 2 diabetes complications

Article Snippet: Specifically, total human sRAGE included the detection of both cRAGE and esRAGE variants (DY1145, Human RAGE DuoSet ELISA, R&D Systems Inc., MN, USA) and esRAGE concentration was evaluated by an ELISA assay with an antibody raised against the exclusive C-terminal amino acids (332–347) sequence (K1009-1, B-bridge International, CA, USA). cRAGE was determined by subtracting esRAGE from sRAGE as already described [ , , ].

Techniques:

Journal: Cardiovascular Diabetology

Article Title: Circulating levels of AGEs and soluble RAGE isoforms are associated with all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01535-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis for the prediction of 15-year all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes

Article Snippet: Specifically, total human sRAGE included the detection of both cRAGE and esRAGE variants (DY1145, Human RAGE DuoSet ELISA, R&D Systems Inc., MN, USA) and esRAGE concentration was evaluated by an ELISA assay with an antibody raised against the exclusive C-terminal amino acids (332–347) sequence (K1009-1, B-bridge International, CA, USA). cRAGE was determined by subtracting esRAGE from sRAGE as already described [ , , ].

Techniques:

Journal: iScience

Article Title: Host biomarker-based quantitative rapid tests for detection and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis and COVID-19.

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105873

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. Evaluation of host biomarkers for TB and LTBI in a European cohort Levels of IL-6, IP-10, ferritin, SAA1/A2, CRP, ApoA1, and S100A12 were measured by UCP-LFA in serum samples of TB patients (n = 30; green dots) and LTBI (n = 29; gray dots) from Europe. Median values for each group are indicated by horizontal bars. Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to determine the statistical significance between groups (pvalues: *p%0 $ 05, **p%0 $ 01, ***p%0 $ 001, ****p%0 $ 0001). Green dots: TB cohort 1; gray dots: LTBI cohort 1. AUC: area under the curve; Fc: flow control line; LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection; T: test line; TB: tuberculosis.

Article Snippet: 4 mm width UCP-LF strips specific for a single host protein – ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 - were produced as described earlier.24,28,29 For ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 LF strips, each Test (T) line comprised 200 ng of the following antibodies: goat-anti-human ApoA1 pAb (AF3664; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), mouse-anti-human CRP mAb (C5; Labned.com, Amstelveen, the Netherlands), mouse-anti-human ferritin mAb (F31; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), rat-anti-human IL-6 mAb (MQ2-39C3; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-human IP-10 mAb (B-C55; Diaclone Research, Besancon, France), mouse-anti-human SAA1/A2 mAb (865504; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and goat-anti-human S100A12 pAb (AF1052; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), respectively.

Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY, Control, Infection

Journal: iScience

Article Title: Host biomarker-based quantitative rapid tests for detection and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis and COVID-19.

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105873

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. Evaluation of host biomarkers for Dutch COVID-19 patients and healthy controls Levels of IL-6, IP-10, ferritin, SAA1/A2, CRP, ApoA1, and S100A12 were measured by UCP-LFA in serum samples of COVID-19 patients (n = 102) and healthy controls (n = 39; n = 27 from before (May) 2019 (n = 12 from after 2019 (June/July 2020)) from the Netherlands. Median values for each group are indicated by horizontal bars. Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to determine the statistical significance between groups (pvalues: *p%0 $ 05, **p%0 $ 01, ***p%0 $ 001, ****p %0 $ 0001). Orange dots: healthy controls from before 2019; purple dots: healthy controls from after 2019; black dots: COVID-19 patients with a fatal outcome; yellow dots: COVID-19 patients with severe disease; turquoise dots: COVID-19 patients with moderate disease. AUC: area under the curve; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; Fc: flow control line; T: test line.

Article Snippet: 4 mm width UCP-LF strips specific for a single host protein – ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 - were produced as described earlier.24,28,29 For ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 LF strips, each Test (T) line comprised 200 ng of the following antibodies: goat-anti-human ApoA1 pAb (AF3664; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), mouse-anti-human CRP mAb (C5; Labned.com, Amstelveen, the Netherlands), mouse-anti-human ferritin mAb (F31; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), rat-anti-human IL-6 mAb (MQ2-39C3; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-human IP-10 mAb (B-C55; Diaclone Research, Besancon, France), mouse-anti-human SAA1/A2 mAb (865504; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and goat-anti-human S100A12 pAb (AF1052; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), respectively.

Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY, Control

Journal: iScience

Article Title: Host biomarker-based quantitative rapid tests for detection and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis and COVID-19.

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105873

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. Evaluation of host biomarkers for TB and COVID-19 patients Levels of IL-6, IP-10, ferritin, SAA1/A2, CRP, ApoA1, and S100A12 were measured by UCP-LFA in serum samples of TB patients (n = 46) and COVID-19 patients (n = 102) collected in European hospitals. Median values for each group are indicated by horizontal bars. Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to determine the statistical significance between groups (pvalues: *p%0 $ 05, **p%0 $ 01, ***p%0 $ 001, ****p%0 $ 0001). Green dots: TB cohort 1; blue dots: TB cohort 2; black dots: COVID-19 patients. AUC: area under the curve; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; Fc: flow control line; T: test line; TB: tuberculosis.

Article Snippet: 4 mm width UCP-LF strips specific for a single host protein – ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 - were produced as described earlier.24,28,29 For ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 LF strips, each Test (T) line comprised 200 ng of the following antibodies: goat-anti-human ApoA1 pAb (AF3664; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), mouse-anti-human CRP mAb (C5; Labned.com, Amstelveen, the Netherlands), mouse-anti-human ferritin mAb (F31; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), rat-anti-human IL-6 mAb (MQ2-39C3; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-human IP-10 mAb (B-C55; Diaclone Research, Besancon, France), mouse-anti-human SAA1/A2 mAb (865504; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and goat-anti-human S100A12 pAb (AF1052; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), respectively.

Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY, Control

Journal: iScience

Article Title: Host biomarker-based quantitative rapid tests for detection and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis and COVID-19.

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105873

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. Treatment monitoring for TB Levels of IL-6, IP-10, ferritin, SAA1/A2, CRP, ApoA1, and S100A12 were measured by UCP-LFA in serum samples of pulmonary TB patients (n = 22) before treatment (t0), at months 2–4 (t1), and months 5–9 (t2) of treatment. Median values for each group are indicated by horizontal bars. The gray dotted lines represent the median value of the corresponding marker measured for 39 healthy controls. S100A12 data were missing for one patient. Friedman test with Dunn’s correction for multiple testing was performed to determine the statistical significance between timepoints (pvalues: *p%0 $ 05, **p%0 $ 01, ***p%0 $ 001, ****p%0 $ 0001). Fc: flow control line; T: test line; TB: tuberculosis; t0: first timepoints; t1: 2–4 months after the beginning of treatment; t2: 5–9 months after the beginning of treatment.

Article Snippet: 4 mm width UCP-LF strips specific for a single host protein – ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 - were produced as described earlier.24,28,29 For ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 LF strips, each Test (T) line comprised 200 ng of the following antibodies: goat-anti-human ApoA1 pAb (AF3664; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), mouse-anti-human CRP mAb (C5; Labned.com, Amstelveen, the Netherlands), mouse-anti-human ferritin mAb (F31; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), rat-anti-human IL-6 mAb (MQ2-39C3; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-human IP-10 mAb (B-C55; Diaclone Research, Besancon, France), mouse-anti-human SAA1/A2 mAb (865504; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and goat-anti-human S100A12 pAb (AF1052; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), respectively.

Techniques: Marker, Control

Journal: iScience

Article Title: Host biomarker-based quantitative rapid tests for detection and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis and COVID-19.

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105873

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 5. Treatment monitoring for COVID-19 Levels of IL-6, IP-10, ferritin, SAA1/A2, CRP, ApoA1, and S100A12 were measured by UCP-LFA in serum samples from COVID-19 patients (n = 25) at hospital admission (t0) and follow-up (t2). Median values for each group are indicated by horizontal bars. The gray dotted lines represent the median value of the corresponding marker measured for 39 healthy controls. Wilcoxon matched pairs signed rank tests were performed to determine the statistical significances between timepoints (pvalues: *p%0 $ 05, **p%0 $ 01, ***p%0 $ 001, ****p%0 $ 0001). COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; Fc: flow control line; T: test line; t0: timepoint of hospital admission; t2: follow-up around 6 weeks after hospital discharge.

Article Snippet: 4 mm width UCP-LF strips specific for a single host protein – ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 - were produced as described earlier.24,28,29 For ApoA1, CRP, ferritin, IL-6, IP-10, SAA1/A2, and S100A12 LF strips, each Test (T) line comprised 200 ng of the following antibodies: goat-anti-human ApoA1 pAb (AF3664; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), mouse-anti-human CRP mAb (C5; Labned.com, Amstelveen, the Netherlands), mouse-anti-human ferritin mAb (F31; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), rat-anti-human IL-6 mAb (MQ2-39C3; Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), mouse-anti-human IP-10 mAb (B-C55; Diaclone Research, Besancon, France), mouse-anti-human SAA1/A2 mAb (865504; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), and goat-anti-human S100A12 pAb (AF1052; R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), respectively.

Techniques: Marker, Control