Cytokines as prognostic biomarkers in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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BACKGROUND: Risk stratification and assessment of disease progression in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are challenged by the lack of accurate disease-specific and prognostic biomarkers. To date, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or its N-terminal fragment (NT-proBNP) are the only markers for right ventricular dysfunction used in clinical practice, in association with echocardiographic and invasive haemodynamic variables to predict outcome in patients with PAH.

METHODS: This study was designed to identify an easily measurable biomarker panel in the serum of 80 well-phenotyped PAH patients with idiopathic, heritable or drug-induced PAH at baseline and at first follow-up. The prognostic value of identified cytokines of interest was secondly analysed in an external validation cohort of 125 PAH patients.

RESULTS: Among the 20 biomarkers studied with the multiplex Ella platform, we identified a three-biomarker panel composed of β-NGF, CXCL9 and TRAIL that were independently associated with prognosis both at the time of PAH diagnosis and at the first follow-up after initiation of PAH therapy. β-NGF and CXCL9 were predictors of death or transplantation, whereas high levels of TRAIL were associated with a better prognosis. Furthermore, the prognostic value of the three cytokines was more powerful for predicting survival than usual non-invasive variables (New York Heart Association Functional Class, 6-min walk distance and BNP/NT-proBNP). The results were validated in a fully independent external validation cohort.

CONCLUSION: The monitoring of β-NGF, CXCL9 and TRAIL levels in serum should be considered in the management and treatment of patients with PAH to objectively guide therapeutic options.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Eur Respir J. 2023 Mar 23;61(3):. - PMID 36958746

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

The European respiratory journal - 61(2023), 3 vom: 15. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boucly, Athénaïs [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Ly [VerfasserIn]
Guignabert, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Rhodes, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
De Groote, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Prévot, Grégoire [VerfasserIn]
Bergot, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Bourdin, Arnaud [VerfasserIn]
Beurnier, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Roche, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Jevnikar, Mitja [VerfasserIn]
Jaïs, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Montani, David [VerfasserIn]
Wilkins, Martin R [VerfasserIn]
Humbert, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Sitbon, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Savale, Laurent [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

114471-18-0
Biomarkers
Cytokines
Journal Article
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Peptide Fragments
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.03.2023

Date Revised 28.02.2024

published: Electronic-Print

CommentIn: Eur Respir J. 2023 Mar 23;61(3):. - PMID 36958746

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1183/13993003.01232-2022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350612366