2022
Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Safdar B, Wang M, Guo X, Cha C, Chun HJ, Deng Y, Dziura J, El-Khoury JM, Gorelick F, Ko AI, Lee AI, Safirstein R, Simonov M, Zhou B, Desir GV. Association of renalase with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0264178. PMID: 35259186, PMCID: PMC8903289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsRenalase levelsIntensive care unit admissionHospitalized COVID-19 patientsMean age 64 yearsCOVID-19Cox proportional hazards modelCare unit admissionPrimary composite outcomeRetrospective cohort studyUse of vasopressorsSevere COVID-19IL-6 levelsAge 64 yearsRisk of deathCOVID-19 subjectsInitial disease severityProportional hazards modelCOVID-19 diseasePlasma renalaseUnit admissionICU admissionCohort studyComposite outcomeCytokine levels
2020
Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized pediatric and adult patients
Pierce CA, Preston-Hurlburt P, Dai Y, Aschner CB, Cheshenko N, Galen B, Garforth SJ, Herrera NG, Jangra RK, Morano NC, Orner E, Sy S, Chandran K, Dziura J, Almo SC, Ring A, Keller MJ, Herold KC, Herold BC. Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized pediatric and adult patients. Science Translational Medicine 2020, 12: eabd5487. PMID: 32958614, PMCID: PMC7658796, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd5487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responsePediatric patientsAntibody titersAdult patientsSerum concentrationsT cellsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2IFN-γ serum concentrationsAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Robust T cell responsesSARS-CoV-2 infectionAntibody-dependent cellular phagocytosisRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Frequency of IFNMultisystem inflammatory syndromeT cell responsesCellular immune responsesSyndrome coronavirus 2Adaptive immune responsesAntiviral immune responseTumor necrosis factorMetropolitan hospital systemCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19Age-dependent factors