Decreased circulating dipeptidyl peptidase-4 enzyme activity is prognostic for severe outcomes in COVID-19 inpatients

Autor: Ákos Nádasdi, György Sinkovits, Ilona Bobek, Botond Lakatos, Zsolt Förhécz, Zita Z Prohászka, Marienn Réti, Miklós Arató, Gellért Cseh, Tamás Masszi, Béla Merkely, Péter Ferdinandy, István Vályi-Nagy, Zoltán Prohászka, Gábor Firneisz
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biomarkers in Medicine. 16:317-330
ISSN: 1752-0371
1752-0363
DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2021-0717
Popis: Aim: To investigate the serum circulating DPP4 activity in patients with COVID-19 disease. Materials & methods: Serum samples from 102 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 43 post-COVID-19 plasma donors and 39 SARS-CoV-2 naive controls and their medical data were used. Circulating DPP4 activities according to different COVID-19 disease peak severity (WHO) groups at sampling and at peak were assessed. Results: A significant decrease (p [area = 0.5] < 0.0001) as single predictor and 83.45% (p[area = 0.5] < 0.0001) in combination with age among hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Conclusion: Decreased circulating DPP4 activity is associated with severe COVID-19 disease and is a strong prognostic biomarker of mortality.
Databáze: OpenAIRE