Plasma thrombomodulin as a candidate biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure

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Background and Aim: Hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF) is a complicated syndrome with high short-term mortality. Effective biomarkers are required for its early diagnosis and prognosis. This study aimed to determine the diagnostic and prognostic value of thrombomodulin (TM) in patients with HBV-ACLF.

Methods: The expression of TM during disease progression was evaluated through transcriptomics analysis. The plasma TM concentrations of 393 subjects with HBV-ACLF (n=213), acute-on-chronic hepatic dysfunction (ACHD, n=50), liver cirrhosis (LC, n=50) or chronic hepatitis B (CHB, n=50), and normal controls (NC, n=30) from a prospective multicenter cohort, were measured to verify the diagnostic and prognostic significance of plasma TM for HBV-ACLF patients by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Results: TM mRNA was highly expressed in the HBV-ACLF group compared with the ACHD group (AUROC=0.710). High expression of TM predicted poor prognosis for HBV-ACLF patients at 28/90 days (AUROCs=0.823/0.788). Functional analysis showed that TM was significantly associated with complement activation and the inflammatory signaling pathway. External validation confirmed its high diagnostic accuracy for HBV-ACLF patients (AUROC=0.796). Plasma TM concentrations were correlated with organ failure, including coagulation and kidney failure. Plasma TM concentrations showed a potential prognostic value for 28-day mortality rates (AUROC=0.702). Risk stratification specifically identified HBV-ACLF patients with a high risk of death as having a plasma TM concentration of ≥8.4 ng/mL.

Conclusion: This study reveals that the plasma TM can be a candidate biomarker for early diagnosis and prognosis of HBV-ACLF, and might play a vital role in coagulation and inflammation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Infection and drug resistance - 17(2024) vom: 30., Seite 1185-1198

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Xingping [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Jinjin [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Keke [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Dongyan [VerfasserIn]
Xin, Jiaojiao [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jiaxian [VerfasserIn]
He, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Shiwen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bingqi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarker
HBV-ACLF
Journal Article
Organ failure
Thrombomodulin

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Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/IDR.S437926

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370502027