Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly spread to become a global pandemic, putting a strain on health care systems. SARS-CoV-2 infection may be associated with mild symptoms or, in severe cases, lead patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) or death. The critical...

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Autores principales: Filomena Napolitano, Gaetano Di Spigna, Maria Vargas, Carmine Iacovazzo, Biagio Pinchera, Daniela Spalletti Cernia, Margherita Ricciardone, Bianca Covelli, Giuseppe Servillo, Ivan Gentile, Loredana Postiglione, Nunzia Montuori
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c34d3a25e35340ffb4d2760e621aaffb2021-11-11T17:33:26ZSoluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients10.3390/jcm102149142077-0383https://doaj.org/article/c34d3a25e35340ffb4d2760e621aaffb2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/4914https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly spread to become a global pandemic, putting a strain on health care systems. SARS-CoV-2 infection may be associated with mild symptoms or, in severe cases, lead patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) or death. The critically ill patients suffer from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, thrombotic complications and multiple organ failure. For optimization of hospital resources, several molecular markers and algorithms have been evaluated in order to stratify COVID-19 patients, based on the risk of developing a mild, moderate, or severe disease. Here, we propose the soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) as a serum biomarker of clinical severity and outcome in patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19. In patients with mild disease course, suPAR levels were increased as compared to healthy controls, but they were dramatically higher in severely ill patients. Since early identification of disease progression may facilitate the individual management of COVID-19 symptomatic patients and the time of admission to the ICU, we suggest paying more clinical attention on patients with high suPAR levels.Filomena NapolitanoGaetano Di SpignaMaria VargasCarmine IacovazzoBiagio PincheraDaniela Spalletti CerniaMargherita RicciardoneBianca CovelliGiuseppe ServilloIvan GentileLoredana PostiglioneNunzia MontuoriMDPI AGarticlebiomarkersCOVID-19suPARsepsisARDScomplement systemMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 4914, p 4914 (2021)
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topic biomarkers
COVID-19
suPAR
sepsis
ARDS
complement system
Medicine
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COVID-19
suPAR
sepsis
ARDS
complement system
Medicine
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Filomena Napolitano
Gaetano Di Spigna
Maria Vargas
Carmine Iacovazzo
Biagio Pinchera
Daniela Spalletti Cernia
Margherita Ricciardone
Bianca Covelli
Giuseppe Servillo
Ivan Gentile
Loredana Postiglione
Nunzia Montuori
Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
description The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly spread to become a global pandemic, putting a strain on health care systems. SARS-CoV-2 infection may be associated with mild symptoms or, in severe cases, lead patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) or death. The critically ill patients suffer from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, thrombotic complications and multiple organ failure. For optimization of hospital resources, several molecular markers and algorithms have been evaluated in order to stratify COVID-19 patients, based on the risk of developing a mild, moderate, or severe disease. Here, we propose the soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) as a serum biomarker of clinical severity and outcome in patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19. In patients with mild disease course, suPAR levels were increased as compared to healthy controls, but they were dramatically higher in severely ill patients. Since early identification of disease progression may facilitate the individual management of COVID-19 symptomatic patients and the time of admission to the ICU, we suggest paying more clinical attention on patients with high suPAR levels.
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author Filomena Napolitano
Gaetano Di Spigna
Maria Vargas
Carmine Iacovazzo
Biagio Pinchera
Daniela Spalletti Cernia
Margherita Ricciardone
Bianca Covelli
Giuseppe Servillo
Ivan Gentile
Loredana Postiglione
Nunzia Montuori
author_facet Filomena Napolitano
Gaetano Di Spigna
Maria Vargas
Carmine Iacovazzo
Biagio Pinchera
Daniela Spalletti Cernia
Margherita Ricciardone
Bianca Covelli
Giuseppe Servillo
Ivan Gentile
Loredana Postiglione
Nunzia Montuori
author_sort Filomena Napolitano
title Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
title_short Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
title_full Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
title_fullStr Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
title_full_unstemmed Soluble Urokinase Receptor as a Promising Marker for Early Prediction of Outcome in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients
title_sort soluble urokinase receptor as a promising marker for early prediction of outcome in covid-19 hospitalized patients
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/c34d3a25e35340ffb4d2760e621aaffb
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