An immune-based biomarker signature is associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients

Immune and inflammatory responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contribute to disease severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the utility of specific immune-based biomarkers to predict clinical outcome remains elusive. Here, we analyzed levels of 6...

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Veröffentlicht in:JCI insight Jg. 6; H. 1
Hauptverfasser: Abers, Michael S., Delmonte, Ottavia M., Ricotta, Emily E., Fintzi, Jonathan, Fink, Danielle L., de Jesus, Adriana A. Almeida, Zarember, Kol A., Alehashemi, Sara, Oikonomou, Vasileios, Desai, Jigar V., Canna, Scott W., Shakoory, Bita, Dobbs, Kerry, Imberti, Luisa, Sottini, Alessandra, Quiros-Roldan, Eugenia, Castelli, Francesco, Rossi, Camillo, Brugnoni, Duilio, Biondi, Andrea, Bettini, Laura Rachele, D’Angio’, Mariella, Bonfanti, Paolo, Castagnoli, Riccardo, Montagna, Daniela, Licari, Amelia, Marseglia, Gian Luigi, Gliniewicz, Emily F., Shaw, Elana, Kahle, Dana E., Rastegar, Andre T., Stack, Michael, Myint-Hpu, Katherine, Levinson, Susan L., DiNubile, Mark J., Chertow, Daniel W., Burbelo, Peter D., Cohen, Jeffrey I., Calvo, Katherine R., Tsang, John S., Su, Helen C., Gallin, John I., Kuhns, Douglas B., Goldbach-Mansky, Raphaela, Lionakis, Michail S., Notarangelo, Luigi D.
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States American Society for Clinical Investigation 11.01.2021
American Society for Clinical investigation
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ISSN:2379-3708, 2379-3708
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Zusammenfassung:Immune and inflammatory responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contribute to disease severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the utility of specific immune-based biomarkers to predict clinical outcome remains elusive. Here, we analyzed levels of 66 soluble biomarkers in 175 Italian patients with COVID-19 ranging from mild/moderate to critical severity and assessed type I IFN-, type II IFN-, and NF-κB-dependent whole-blood transcriptional signatures. A broad inflammatory signature was observed, implicating activation of various immune and nonhematopoietic cell subsets. Discordance between IFN-α2a protein and IFNA2 transcript levels in blood suggests that type I IFNs during COVID-19 may be primarily produced by tissue-resident cells. Multivariable analysis of patients' first samples revealed 12 biomarkers (CCL2, IL-15, soluble ST2 [sST2], NGAL, sTNFRSF1A, ferritin, IL-6, S100A9, MMP-9, IL-2, sVEGFR1, IL-10) that when increased were independently associated with mortality. Multivariate analyses of longitudinal biomarker trajectories identified 8 of the aforementioned biomarkers (IL-15, IL-2, NGAL, CCL2, MMP-9, sTNFRSF1A, sST2, IL-10) and 2 additional biomarkers (lactoferrin, CXCL9) that were substantially associated with mortality when increased, while IL-1α was associated with mortality when decreased. Among these, sST2, sTNFRSF1A, IL-10, and IL-15 were consistently higher throughout the hospitalization in patients who died versus those who recovered, suggesting that these biomarkers may provide an early warning of eventual disease outcome.
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Authorship note: MSA, OMD, EER, and JF contributed equally to this work. JIG, DBK, RGM, MSL, and LDN contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2379-3708
2379-3708
DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.144455