Edith Cowan University View Institution's Website 6 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)-Based Rapid Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Antibiotic Resistance Liang Wang*1,2,3, Jin-Xin Lai*1, Yu-Ting Si*1,4, Xu-Xia Cui1,4, Zeeshan Umar1,5, Xiao-Jun Ru1, Xin-Yu Zhang1, Zheng-Kang Li1, Alfred Chin Yen Tay5,6,7,8, Barry J. Marshall5,6,7,8, Guang-Hua Li1, Bing Gu1 1Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, 2Division of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 3Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 4Medical Technology School of Xuzhou Medical University, 5Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, 6The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, The University of Western Australia, 7Marshall International Digestive Diseases Hospital, Zhengzhou University, 8Marshall Medical Research Center, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University The protocol presents a noninvasive method for the rapid diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori stomach infections through the string test and determines its antibiotic resistance to clarithromycin and levofloxacin using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Medicine Murine Precision-Cut Liver Slices as an Ex Vivo Model of Liver Biology Michael A. Pearen*1, Hong Kiat Lim*1, Francis D. Gratte2,3, Manuel A. Fernandez-Rojo1,4,5, Sujeevi K. Nawaratna6, Geoffrey N. Gobert7, John K. Olynyk8,9, Janina E. E. Tirnitz-Parker2,10, Grant A. Ramm1,4 1Hepatic Fibrosis Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 2School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, 3School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 4School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, 5Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) in Food, CEI UAM+CSIC, 6School of Medicine, Griffith University, 7 This protocol provides a simple and reliable method for the production of viable precision-cut liver slices from mice. The ex vivo tissue samples can be maintained under laboratory tissue culture conditions for multiple days, providing a flexible model to examine liver pathobiology. Biochemistry Untargeted Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Analysis of Wheat Grain Hayley Abbiss1,2,3, Joel P. A. Gummer1,4, Michael Francki5,6, Robert D. Trengove1 1Research and Innovation, Murdoch University, 2Centre for Digital Agriculture, Curtin University, 3Centre for Integrative Metabolomics and Computational Biology, School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 4Centre for Computational and System Medicine, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 5Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 6State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University A method for the untargeted analysis of wheat grain metabolites and lipids is presented. The protocol includes an acetonitrile metabolite extraction method and reversed phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methodology, with acquisition in positive and negative electrospray ionization modes. Medicine Immunoglobulin G N-Glycan Analysis by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Di Liu*1, Xizhu Xu*2, Yuejin Li2, Jie Zhang1, Xiaoyu Zhang1, Qihuan Li1, Haifeng Hou2, Dong Li2, Wei Wang1,2,3, Youxin Wang1 1Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, 2School of Public Health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 3School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Immunoglobulin G (IgG) N-glycan is characterized using hydrophilic interaction chromatography UPLC. In addition, the structure of IgG N-glycan is clearly separated. Presented here is an introduction to this experimental method so that it can be widely used in research settings. Biology The Murine Choline-Deficient, Ethionine-Supplemented (CDE) Diet Model of Chronic Liver Injury Jully Gogoi-Tiwari1, Julia Köhn-Gaone1, Corey Giles2, Dirk Schmidt-Arras3, Francis D. Gratte1,4, Caryn L. Elsegood1, Geoffrey W. McCaughan5,6,7, Grant A. Ramm8,9, John K. Olynyk10,11, Janina E.E. Tirnitz-Parker1,12 1School of Biomedical Sciences & Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, 2School of Public Health & Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, 3Institute of Biochemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University, 4School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 5Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, The University of Sydney, 6Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 7A.W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, 8QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 9Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, 10Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals, 11School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 12School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia Here we describe a common method to induce chronic liver injury in mice by feeding of a choline-deficient and ethionine-supplemented (CDE) diet. We demonstrate health monitoring, liver perfusion, isolation, and preservation. A time course of six weeks can inform about liver injury, pathohistology, fibrosis, inflammatory, and liver progenitor cell responses. Biology Regular Care and Maintenance of a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Laboratory: An Introduction Avdesh Avdesh*1,2, Mengqi Chen*1,3, Mathew T. Martin-Iverson1,2,4, Alinda Mondal1,3, Daniel Ong1, Stephanie Rainey-Smith1,3, Kevin Taddei1,3, Michael Lardelli5, David M. Groth6, Giuseppe Verdile1,3, Ralph N. Martins1,2,3,7 1Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical sciences, Edith Cowan University, 2Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry, Graylands Hospital, University of Western Australia, 3McCusker Alzheimer's Research foundation, 4School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 5Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Adelaide, 6School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, 7School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia This protocol outlines regular maintenance and care to maintain optimal conditions for zebrafish husbandry. The video illustrates the protocol for system maintenance, regular housing, feeding, breeding, and raising of zebrafish larvae.