Upregulation of interleukin-19 in saliva of patients with COVID-19

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Cytokines are major players in orchestrating inflammation, disease pathogenesis and severity during COVID-19 disease. However, the role of IL-19 in COVID-19 pathogenesis remains elusive. Herein, through the analysis of transcriptomic datasets of SARS-CoV-2 infected lung cells, nasopharyngeal swabs, and lung autopsies of COVID-19 patients, we report that expression levels of IL-19 and its receptor, IL-20R2, were upregulated following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Of 202 adult COVID-19 patients, IL-19 protein level was significantly higher in blood and saliva of asymptomatic patients compared to healthy controls when adjusted for patients' demographics (P < 0.001). Interestingly, high saliva IL-19 level was also associated with COVID-19 severity (P < 0.0001), need for mechanical ventilation (P = 0.002), and/or death (P = 0.010) within 29 days of admission, after adjusting for patients' demographics, diabetes mellitus comorbidity, and COVID-19 serum markers of severity such as D-dimer, C-reactive protein, and ferritin. Moreover, patients who received interferon beta during their hospital stay had lower plasma IL-19 concentrations (24 pg mL-1) than those who received tocilizumab (39.2 pg mL-1) or corticosteroids (42.5 pg mL-1). Our findings indicate that high saliva IL-19 level was associated with COVID-19 infectivity and disease severity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 26. Sept., Seite 16019

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saheb Sharif-Askari, Fatemeh [VerfasserIn]
Saheb Sharif-Askari, Narjes [VerfasserIn]
Hafezi, Shirin [VerfasserIn]
Goel, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Ali Hussain Alsayed, Hawra [VerfasserIn]
Ansari, Abdul Wahid [VerfasserIn]
Mahboub, Bassam [VerfasserIn]
Al-Muhsen, Saleh [VerfasserIn]
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani [VerfasserIn]
Hamid, Qutayba [VerfasserIn]
Halwani, Rabih [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

77238-31-4
9007-41-4
9007-73-2
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
Cytokines
Ferritins
IL19 protein, human
Interferon-beta
Interleukins
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 25.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-20087-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346796059