Early Cytokine Signatures of Hospitalized Mild and Severe COVID-19 Patients : A Prospective Observational Study

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Background: The severe manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to be mediated by several cytokines and chemokines. The study aimed to compare the early cytokine profile of mild and severe COVID-19 patients to that with COVID-19-like symptoms and tested negative for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational study on COVID-19 patients admitted to King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City from June to November 2020. Clinical and biochemical data were collected from hospital charts. Blood samples were collected at the time of hospital admission to measure cytokines. A Cytokine and Growth Factor High-Sensitivity Array was used to quantitatively measure cytokines.

Results: The study included 202 RT-PCR-positive individuals and 61 RT-PCR-negative individuals. C-Reactive protein (CRP) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels were found significantly elevated in the RT-PCR positive group compared to the RT-PCR negative group (p=0.001). Patients with severe COVID-19 had significantly longer median hospital stays than those with mild COVID-19 cases (7 vs 6 days). They also had higher CRP and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) levels and lower Interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels compared to the mild cases. CRP, interleukin-6, IL-10, VEGF, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) levels were significantly elevated in men and IL-10 was significantly higher and interleukin-8 was significantly lower in women compared to negative controls. Elevated Interferon-ɣ (IFN-γ) and IL-10 levels were seen in mild COVID-19 cases and elevated level of MCP-1 was seen in severe COVID-19 cases when categorized according to the length of stay in the hospital.

Conclusion: CRP and IL-10 levels were elevated in the RT-PCR positive group. People with severe COVID-19 had higher CRP and VEGF levels and lower IL-4 levels. Elevated IFN-γ and IL-10 levels were seen in mild COVID-19 cases and elevated level of MCP-1 was seen in severe COVID-19 cases when categorized according to the length of stay in the hospital.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of inflammation research - 16(2023) vom: 22., Seite 2631-2643

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alfadda, Assim A [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqui, Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Rafiullah, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
AlKhowaiter, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Alotaibi, Naif [VerfasserIn]
Alzahrani, Musa [VerfasserIn]
Binkhamis, Khalifa [VerfasserIn]
Youssef, Amira M [VerfasserIn]
Altalhi, Haifa [VerfasserIn]
Almaghlouth, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Alarifi, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Albanyan, Saleh [VerfasserIn]
Alosaimi, Mohammed F [VerfasserIn]
Isnani, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Nawaz, Shaik S [VerfasserIn]
Alayed, Khalid [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asymptomatic patient
Early inflammation
Journal Article
Proinflammatory cytokines
Regulatory cytokines
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/JIR.S408663

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358792835