Identification of CCL20 as a prognostic predictor for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome based on plasma proteomics

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BACKGROUND: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a lethal tick-borne hemorrhagic fever, prompted our investigation into prognostic predictors and potential drug targets using plasma Olink Proteomics.

METHODS: Employing the Olink assay, we analyzed 184 plasma proteins in 30 survivors and 8 non-survivors of SFTS. Validation was performed in a cohort of 154 SFTS patients using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We utilized the Drug Gene Interaction database to identify protein-drug interactions.

RESULTS: Non-survivors exhibited 110 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) compared to survivors, with functional enrichment in the cell chemotaxis-related pathway. Thirteen DEPs, including C-C motif chemokine 20 (CCL20), calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha and Pleiotrophin, were associated with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. CCL20 emerged as the top predictor of death, demonstrating an area under the curve of 1 (P = .0004) and 0.9033 (P < .0001) in the discovery and validation cohort, respectively. Patients with CCL20 levels exceeding 45.74 pg/mL exhibited a fatality rate of 45.65%, while no deaths occurred in those with lower CCL20 levels. Furthermore, we identified 202 FDA-approved drugs targeting 37 death-related plasma proteins.

CONCLUSIONS: Distinct plasma proteomic profiles characterize SFTS patients with different outcomes, with CCL20 emerging as a novel, sensitive, accurate, and specific biomarker for predicting SFTS prognosis.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of infectious diseases - (2024) vom: 25. Jan.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuanni [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Wenjuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Renliang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zishuai [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Ziruo [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yanxi [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Jianping [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhihai [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Liuluan [VerfasserIn]

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C-C motif chemokine 20
Journal Article
Plasma proteomics
Prognostic predictor
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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Date Revised 25.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1093/infdis/jiae039

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NLM367616831