Ratios between the Levels of IL-18, Free IL-18, and IL-1β-Binding Protein Depending on the Severity and Outcome of COVID-19

In 89 patients with COVID-19, the ratios between IL-18, free IL-18, and IL-18-binding protein (IL-18BP) were analyzed depending on severity and outcome of the disease. At admission to the hospital, the levels of IL-18 and free IL-18 were significantly higher than 3 months after discharge from the hospital, the levels IL-18BP of being almost the same. In patients with more severe lung injury (computed tomography data), the levels of IL-18 and free IL-18 were higher and IL-18BP levels were lower than in patients with mild and moderate COVID-19. Three months after discharge from the hospital, no differences between these parameters were found. In 9 patients who died in the hospital, free IL-18 levels were significantly higher and IL-18BP levels were lower than in survivors. Thus, high levels of bioactive free IL-18 in combination with low levels of IL-18BP can be indicative of severe inflammatory phase of COVID-19 and the risk of worse clinical outcomes..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:176

Enthalten in:

Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 176(2024), 4 vom: Feb., Seite 423-427

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Korotaeva, A. A. [VerfasserIn]
Samoilova, E. V. [VerfasserIn]
Pogosova, N. V. [VerfasserIn]
Fesenko, A. G. [VerfasserIn]
Evchenko, S. V. [VerfasserIn]
Paleev, F. N. [VerfasserIn]

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42.00

Themen:

COVID-19
Inflammation
Interleukin-18
Interleukin-18-binding protein
Lung injury

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10.1007/s10517-024-06039-6

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SPR055283985