Host Protein Biomarkers Predicting Severity of Lung Damage due to COVID-19
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
; 8(SUPPL 1):S262, 2021.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1746680
ABSTRACT
Background. Biomarkers to predict the severity of lung damage due to COVID-19 are urgently needed to inform management and treatment decisions. Our objective was to investigate the predictive value of host proteins for worsening respiratory failure in one of the by COVID-19 most affected and diverse patient populations in the US. Methods. We performed a prospective single-center cross-sectional study of 34 adult patients admitted to Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, for respiratory symptoms due to PCR-confirmed COVID-19. Exclusion criteria were age < 21, history of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, and/or underlying severe chronic lung diseases requiring home O2 and/or high dose steroids. We stratified and compared patients by whether they developed worsening respiratory failure, necessitating transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU) during their hospital stay. Using a custom Luminex Assay, we measured hospital admission serum concentrations of 8 host proteins, representing respiratory-associated epithelial (RAGE, SP-D, CC16), endothelial (Ang-2, vWF), and immune pathways (S100A12, ICAM-1, VCAM-1). Results. Except for race and WHO COVID-19 scores, demographics, co-morbidities, symptoms, and symptom duration were not statistically significantly different between patients requiring transfer to the ICU (n=15) and non-ICU patients (n=19). Higher log-transformed levels for 5/8 proteins (S100A12, ICAM-1, Ang-2, RAGE, SP-D) showed significant or marginally significant increased cause-specific hazard for ICU transfer (n=15). Estimated cumulative incidence functions further showed a significantly or near significantly increased risk for ICU transfer for patients with above the median values of S100A12 or ICAM-1 (p=0.013), Ang-2 (p=0.056) or RAGE (p=0.077), respectively (Figure 1). Host proteins predicting need for ICU transfer did not correlate strongly with other clinical laboratory markers for COVID-19 severity (CRP, LDH, D-Dimer, Fibrinogen, Ferritin). Comparison of estimated cumulative incidence at 7 days post admission for host protein markers above and below median levels for (A) S10012 (median 96,675 pg/ml);(B) ICAM-1 (median (1,192,277 pg/ml);(C) Ang-2 (median 3463 pg/ml);(D) RAGE (median 6356 pg/ml);and (E) SP-D (median 11,832 pg/ml). Conclusion. These results suggest that host proteins have additional predictive value for the severity of COVID-19-associated lung damage at time of presentation to the hospital.
angiopoietin 2; biological marker; calgranulin C; D dimer; endogenous compound; ferritin; fibrinogen; intercellular adhesion molecule 1; oxygen; steroid; surfactant protein D; vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; von Willebrand factor; adult; chronic lung disease; clinical article; clinical laboratory; comorbidity; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; cumulative incidence; demographics; drug megadose; endothelium; female; hospital admission; hospitalization; human; human tissue; intensive care unit; lung injury; male; New York; physical disease by body function; predictive value; prospective study; race; respiratory failure; risk assessment
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year:
2021
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Article
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