A recently developed pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 has quickly spread across the world. Unfortunately, a simplified risk score that could easily be used in primary care or general practice settings has not been developed. The objective of this study is to identify a simplified risk score that could easily be used to quickly triage severe COVID-19 patients. All severe and critical adult patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 on the West campus of Union Hospital, Wuhan, China, from 28 January 2020 to 29 February 2020 were included in this study. Clinical data and laboratory results were obtained. CURB-65 pneumonia score was calculated. Univariate logistic regressions were applied to explore risk factors associated with in-hospital death. We used the receiver operating characteristic curve and multivariate COX-PH model to analyse risk factors for in-hospital death. A total of 74 patients (31 died, 43 survived) were finally included in the study. We observed that compared with survivors, non-survivors were older and illustrated higher respiratory rate, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, D-dimer and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), but lower SpO2 as well as impaired liver function, especially synthesis function. CURB-65 showed good performance for predicting in-hospital death (area under curve 0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.71–0.91). CURB-65 ⩾ 2 may serve as a cut-off value for prediction of in-hospital death in severe patients with COVID-19 (sensitivity 68%, specificity 81%, F1 score 0.7). CURB-65 (hazard ratio (HR) 1.61; 95% CI 1.05–2.46), LDH (HR 1.003; 95% CI 1.001–1.004) and albumin (HR 0.9; 95% CI 0.81–1) were risk factors for in-hospital death in severe patients with COVID-19. Our study indicates CURB-65 may serve as a useful prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients, which could be used to quickly triage severe patients in primary care or general practice settings.
BackgroundHigh density lipoprotein (HDL) has been proved to be a protective factor for coronary heart disease. Notably, HDL in atherosclerotic plaques can be nitrated (NO2-oxHDL) and chlorinated (Cl-oxHDL) by myeloperoxidase (MPO), likely compromising its cardiovascular protective effects.MethodHere we determined the effects of NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL on SMC migration using wound healing and transwell assays, proliferation using MTT and BrdU assays, and apoptosis using Annexin-V assay in vitro, as well as on atherosclerotic plaque stability in vivo using a coratid artery collar implantation mice model.ResultsOur results showed that native HDL promoted SMC proliferation and migration, whereas NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL inhibited SMC migration and reduced capacity of stimulating SMC proliferation as well as migration, respectively. OxHDL had no significant influence on SMC apoptosis. In addition, we found that ERK1/2-phosphorylation was significantly lower when SMCs were incubated with NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL. Furthermore, transwell experiments showed that differences between native HDL, NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL was abolished after PD98059 (MAPK kinase inhibitor) treatment. In aortic SMCs from scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) deficient mice, differences between migration of native HDL, NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL treated SMCs vanished, indicating SR-BI’s possible role in HDL-associated SMC migration. Importantly, NO2-oxHDL and Cl-oxHDL induced neointima formation and reduced SMC positive staining cells in atherosclerotic plaque, resulting in elevated vulnerable index of atherosclerotic plaque.ConclusionThese findings implicate MPO-catalyzed oxidization of HDL may contribute to atherosclerotic plaque instability by inhibiting SMC proliferation and migration through MAPK-ERK pathway which was dependent on SR-BI.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12944-016-0388-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Background: This study was aimed to unveil micro RNA (miRNA) expression profiles in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R) rats and explore whether and how dysregulated miRNAs were involved in the initiation and progression of MI/R in a calcium-dependent manner. Method and Results: Rat model of MI/R was established and cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rats cardiomyocytes were induced. Both miRNA and messenger RNA expression profiles were analyzed by Microarray. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting, bioinformatics analysis, dual-luciferase reporter gene assay, hematoxylin and eosin, Evans blue, and triphenyl tetrazolium chloride were also used in this study. Serum concentrations of myocardial enzymes (phosphocreatine kinase [CK], creatine kinase [CK-MB], lactate dehydrogenase [LDH]), cardiomyocytesloadage of Ca 2+ , as well as the expression level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ -ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) were measured, respectively. Effects of upregulation or downregulation of miR-202-5p or Trpv2 on these indicators were investigated in vivo and in vitro. In MI/R rats and hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced NCMs, miR-202-5p was downregulated, while Trpv2 was upregulated. Trpv2 was a promising target of miR-202-5p and negatively regulated by miR-202-5p. Upregulation of miR-202-5p or downregulation of Trpv2 significantly reduced the serum concentration of myocardial enzymes, as well as cardiomyocyte-produced reactive oxygen species, but inhibition of miR-202-5p or overexpression of Trpv2 brought the worsening situation for these indicators. Besides, upregulation of miR-202-5p upregulation or downregulation of Trpv2 also inhibited Ca 2+ overload in cardiomyocytes, accompanied with the increase of SERCA2a and suppression of IP3R. The reduced damage degree and infarct size in myocardial tissue were contrarily worsened by miR-202-5p inhibitor. contributed equally to this work Conclusion: Overexpression of miR-202-5p or downregulation of its downstream Trpv2 presented the cardioprotective effects to MI/R rats. K E Y W O R D SCa 2+ overload, miR-202-5p, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion, Trpv 2.2 | Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R) injury in rats MI/R practice was performed as previously described. 21 Particularly, left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery was ligated using a 6-0 prolene suture (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ). Following 45 minutes of ischemia, the ligation was released and myocardium was reperfused for
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