Document Type
Article
Journal Title
Critical Care Explorations
Publication Date
2023
Volume
5
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Vascular dysfunction and capillary leak are common in critically ill COVID-19 patients, but identification of endothelial pathways involved in COVID-19 pathogenesis has been limited. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is a protein secreted in response to hypoxic and nutrient-poor conditions that has a variety of biological effects including vascular injury and capillary leak.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the role of ANGPTL4 in COVID-19-related outcomes.
DESIGN SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred twenty-five COVID-19 ICU patients were enrolled from April 2020 to May 2021 in a prospective, multicenter cohort study from three different medical centers, University of Washington, University of Southern California and New York University.
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Plasma ANGPTL4 was measured on days 1, 7, and 14 after ICU admission. We used previously published tissue proteomic data and lung single nucleus RNA (snRNA) sequencing data from specimens collected from COVID-19 patients to determine the tissues and cells that produce ANGPTL4.
RESULTS: Higher plasma ANGPTL4 concentrations were significantly associated with worse hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio per log
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: ANGPTL4 is expressed in pulmonary epithelial cells and fibroblasts and is associated with clinical prognosis in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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ISSN
2639-8028
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Bhatraju, Pavan K.; Morrell, Eric D.; Stanaway, Ian B.; Sathe, Neha A.; Srivastava, Avantika; Postelnicu, Radu; Green, Richard; Andrews, Adair; Gonzalez, Martin; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Kumar, Vishakha K.; Hsiang, Tien-Ying; Gale, Michael; Anesi, George L.; Wyles, David; Broadhurst, M. Jana; Brett-Major, David; Mukherjee, Vikramjit; Sevransky, Jonathan E.; Landsittel, Douglas; Hung, Chi; Altemeier, William A; Gharib, Sina A.; Uyeki, Timothy M.; Cobb, J. Perren; Liebler, Janice M.; Crosslin, David R.; Jarvik, Gail P.; Segal, Leopoldo N.; Evans, Laura; Mikacenic, Carmen; and Wurfel, Mark M., "Angiopoietin-Like4 Is a Novel Marker of COVID-19 Severity" (2023). Journal Articles: Epidemiology. 178.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/coph_epidem_articles/178