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Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection
(1) Introduction: The role of soluble integrins in post-COVID-19 complications is unclear, especially in long-term pulmonary lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between soluble ITGa2, ITGaM and ITGb2 integrin subunits and long COVID-19 pulmonary complications. (2) M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9821073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36615143 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010342 |
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author | Siekacz, Kamil Kumor-Kisielewska, Anna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Joanna Pietrusińska, Małgorzata Bartczak, Krystian Majewski, Sebastian Stańczyk, Adam Piotrowski, Wojciech J. Białas, Adam J. |
author_facet | Siekacz, Kamil Kumor-Kisielewska, Anna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Joanna Pietrusińska, Małgorzata Bartczak, Krystian Majewski, Sebastian Stańczyk, Adam Piotrowski, Wojciech J. Białas, Adam J. |
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description | (1) Introduction: The role of soluble integrins in post-COVID-19 complications is unclear, especially in long-term pulmonary lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between soluble ITGa2, ITGaM and ITGb2 integrin subunits and long COVID-19 pulmonary complications. (2) Methodology: Post-COVID-19 patients were enrolled. According to the evidence of persistent interstitial lung lesions on CT, patients were divided into a long-term pulmonary complications group (P(+)) and a control group without long-term pulmonary complications (P(−)). We randomly selected 80 patients for further investigation (40 subjects for each group). Levels of ITGa2, ITGaM and ITGb2 integrin subunits were determined by ELISA assay. (3) Results: The serum concentration of sITGaM and sITGb2 were significantly higher in the P(+) group (sITGaM 18.63 ng/mL [IQR 14.17–28.83] vs. 14.75 ng/mL [IQR 10.91–20] p = 0.01 and sITGb2 10.55 ng/mL [IQR 6.53–15.83] vs. 6.34 ng/mL [IQR 4.98-9.68] p = 0.002). We observed a statistically significant correlation between sITGaM and sITGb2 elevation in the P(+) group (R = 0.42; p = 0.01). Patients from the P(+) group had a lower (1.82 +/−0.84 G/L) lymphocyte level than the P(−)group (2.28 +/−0.79 G/L), p = 0.03. Furthermore, we observed an inverse correlation in the P(−) group between blood lymphocyte count and sITGb2 integrin subunit levels (R = −0.49 p = 0.01). (4) Conclusions: Elevated concentrations of sITGaM and sITGb2 were associated with long-term pulmonary complications in post-COVID-19 patients. Both sITGaM and sITGb2 may be promising biomarkers for predicting pulmonary complications and could be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in post-COVID-19 patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-98210732023-01-07 Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection Siekacz, Kamil Kumor-Kisielewska, Anna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Joanna Pietrusińska, Małgorzata Bartczak, Krystian Majewski, Sebastian Stańczyk, Adam Piotrowski, Wojciech J. Białas, Adam J. J Clin Med Article (1) Introduction: The role of soluble integrins in post-COVID-19 complications is unclear, especially in long-term pulmonary lesions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between soluble ITGa2, ITGaM and ITGb2 integrin subunits and long COVID-19 pulmonary complications. (2) Methodology: Post-COVID-19 patients were enrolled. According to the evidence of persistent interstitial lung lesions on CT, patients were divided into a long-term pulmonary complications group (P(+)) and a control group without long-term pulmonary complications (P(−)). We randomly selected 80 patients for further investigation (40 subjects for each group). Levels of ITGa2, ITGaM and ITGb2 integrin subunits were determined by ELISA assay. (3) Results: The serum concentration of sITGaM and sITGb2 were significantly higher in the P(+) group (sITGaM 18.63 ng/mL [IQR 14.17–28.83] vs. 14.75 ng/mL [IQR 10.91–20] p = 0.01 and sITGb2 10.55 ng/mL [IQR 6.53–15.83] vs. 6.34 ng/mL [IQR 4.98-9.68] p = 0.002). We observed a statistically significant correlation between sITGaM and sITGb2 elevation in the P(+) group (R = 0.42; p = 0.01). Patients from the P(+) group had a lower (1.82 +/−0.84 G/L) lymphocyte level than the P(−)group (2.28 +/−0.79 G/L), p = 0.03. Furthermore, we observed an inverse correlation in the P(−) group between blood lymphocyte count and sITGb2 integrin subunit levels (R = −0.49 p = 0.01). (4) Conclusions: Elevated concentrations of sITGaM and sITGb2 were associated with long-term pulmonary complications in post-COVID-19 patients. Both sITGaM and sITGb2 may be promising biomarkers for predicting pulmonary complications and could be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in post-COVID-19 patients. MDPI 2023-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9821073/ /pubmed/36615143 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010342 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Siekacz, Kamil Kumor-Kisielewska, Anna Miłkowska-Dymanowska, Joanna Pietrusińska, Małgorzata Bartczak, Krystian Majewski, Sebastian Stańczyk, Adam Piotrowski, Wojciech J. Białas, Adam J. Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title | Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title_full | Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title_fullStr | Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title_short | Soluble ITGaM and ITGb2 Integrin Subunits Are Involved in Long-Term Pulmonary Complications after COVID-19 Infection |
title_sort | soluble itgam and itgb2 integrin subunits are involved in long-term pulmonary complications after covid-19 infection |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9821073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36615143 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010342 |
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