title: Serum Proteome Profiles in Stricturing Crohn's Disease: A Pilot Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Crohn's disease (CD) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease with different described behaviors, including stricture. At present, there are no laboratory studies that can differentiate stricturing CD from other phenotypes of inflammatory bowel disease. We performed a pilot study to examine differences in the proteome among patients with stricturing CD, nonstricturing CD, and ulcerative colitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum samples were selected from the Ocean State Crohn's and Colitis Area Registry, an established cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Patients with CD with surgically resected stricture were matched with similar patients with CD without known stricture and with ulcerative colitis. Serum samples from each patient were digested and analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to characterize the proteome. Statistical analyses were performed to identify peptides and proteins that can differentiate CD with stricture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Samples from 9 patients in each group (27 total patients) were analyzed. Baseline demographic characteristics were similar among the 3 groups. We quantified 7668 peptides and 897 proteins for analysis. Receiver operating characteristic analysis identified a subset of peptides with an area under the curve greater than 0.9, indicating greater separation potential. Partial least squares discriminant analysis was able to distinguish among the three groups with up to 70% accuracy by peptides and up to 80% accuracy by proteins. We identified the significantly different proteins and peptides and determined their function based on previously published literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The serum of patients with stricturing CD, nonstricturing CD, and ulcerative colitis is distinguishable through proteomic analysis. Some of the proteins that differentiate the stricturing phenotype have been implicated in complement activation, fibrinolytic pathways, and lymphocyte adhesion.
authors.affiliation: *Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; †Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; ‡Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington; §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina; ||Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina; ¶Computational and Statistical Analytics Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington; **Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, New York, New York; and ††Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Peter
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authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Qibin
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jason
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authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Bobbie-Jo
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authors.lastname: Webb-Robertson
authors.forename: Lisa
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authors.lastname: Bramer
authors.forename: Athena A
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authors.lastname: Schepmoes
authors.forename: Karl K
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authors.lastname: Weitz
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authors.lastname: Mallette
authors.forename: Heather
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authors.lastname: Moniz
authors.forename: Renee
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authors.lastname: Bright
authors.forename: Marjorie
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authors.lastname: Merrick
authors.forename: Samir A
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authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Bruce E
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authors.lastname: Sands
authors.forename: Neal
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authors.lastname: Leleiko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D012372:ROC Curve; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020543:Proteome