Journal: Diagnostics
Article Title: Endothelial, Immunothrombotic, and Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Risk of Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: The Role of Dexamethasone
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11071249
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characteristics of the biomarkers measured in the study cohort.
Article Snippet: The following markers were measured concurrently in samples obtained on ICU admission by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; the ELISA kits chosen had been previously used and validated in our laboratory): Transmembrane protein 173 (TMEM173) (Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China, intra-assay coefficient of variability (CV) < 8%, detection limit 0.094 ng/mL); triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) (R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA, CV 3.4%, detection limit 15.2 pg/mL); presepsin (Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., CV < 8%, detection limit < 0.094 ng/mL); CD40 ligand (CD40L) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 5.1%, detection limit 10.1 pg/mL); plasminogen (Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., CV < 8%, detection limit < 46.875 pg/mL); plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 6.7%, detection limit 0.142 ng/mL); platelet factor 4 (PF4) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 7%, detection limit 0.1 ng/mL); soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 3.1%, detection limit 1.26 ng/mL); soluble platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (sPECAM-1) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 3.4%, detection limit 0.075 ng/mL); endothelial cell specific molecule 1 (ESM-1, or endocan) (OriGene Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA, CV 4.4%, detection limit < 10 pg/mL); ephrin-A1 (Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., CV < 8%, detection limit 0.094 ng/mL); ephrin receptor A2 (EphA2) (Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., CV < 8%, detection limit 46.875 pg/mL); and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) (R&D Systems Inc., CV 4.6%, detection limit 33 pg/mL).
Techniques: Biomarker Discovery, Infection, Clinical Proteomics, Control, Membrane, Migration, Activation Assay