The role of lipoprotein(a) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with relation to development of severe acute kidney injury

Abstract Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is a prothrombotic and anti-fibrinolytic lipoprotein, whose role has not been clearly defined in the pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this prospective observational study, serum Lp(a) as well as outcomes were measured in 50 COVID-19 patients and 30 matched sick controls. Lp(a) was also assessed for correlation with a wide panel of biomarkers. Serum Lp(a) did not significantly differ between COVID-19 patients and sick controls, though its concentration was found to be significantly associated with severity of COVID-19 illness, including acute kidney failure stage (r = 0.380, p = 0.007), admission disease severity (r = 0.355, p = 0.013), and peak severity (r = 0.314; p = 0.03). Lp(a) was also positively correlated with interleukin (IL)-8 (r = 0.308; p = 0.037), fibrinogen (r = 0.344; p = 0.032) and creatinine (r = 0.327; p = 0.027), and negatively correlated with ADAMTS13 activity/VWF:Ag (r = − 0.335; p = 0.021); but not with IL-6 (r = 0.241; p = 0.106). These results would hence suggest that adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 may be aggravated by a genetically determined hyper-Lp(a) state rather than any inflammation induced elevations..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 53(2021), 3 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 581-585

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lippi, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Szergyuk, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira, Maria Helena Santos [VerfasserIn]
Benoit, Stefanie W. [VerfasserIn]
Benoit, Justin L. [VerfasserIn]
Favaloro, Emmanuel J. [VerfasserIn]
Henry, Brandon Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute kidney injury
Coagulopathy
Coronavirus disease 2019
Lipoprotein(a)
Thrombosis

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021

doi:

10.1007/s11239-021-02597-y

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SPR046707468