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
2021
Longitudinal Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Anti-Nucleocapsid and anti-Spike-1-RBD Antibody Testing Following PCR-Detected SARS-CoV-2 Infection
El-Khoury JM, Schulz WL, Durant TJS. Longitudinal Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Anti-Nucleocapsid and anti-Spike-1-RBD Antibody Testing Following PCR-Detected SARS-CoV-2 Infection. The Journal Of Applied Laboratory Medicine 2021, 6: jfab030-. PMID: 33822964, PMCID: PMC8083453, DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfab030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionDays post-PCR positivitySARS-CoV-2-positive cohortRBD antibodiesAnti-SARSSerologic assaysSARS-CoV-2 serologic assaysDiagnostic sensitivityElecsys Anti-SARSCoV-2 SResidual clinical samplesAntibody testingRemote historyCoV-2S1-RBDUS populationLongitudinal assessmentInfection statusInfectionDiagnostic aidCohortTime pointsDiscrepant resultsClinical samplesPositivity