Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and proteomic trajectories inform prognostication in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care

  • Clemens Gutmann,
  • Kaloyan Takov,
  • Sean A. Burnap,
  • Bhawana Singh,
  • Hashim Ali,
  • Konstantinos Theofilatos,
  • Ella Reed,
  • Maria Hasman,
  • Adam Nabeebaccus,
  • Matthew Fish,
  • Mark JW. McPhail,
  • Kevin O’Gallagher,
  • Lukas E. Schmidt,
  • Christian Cassel,
  • Marieke Rienks,
  • Xiaoke Yin,
  • Georg Auzinger,
  • Salvatore Napoli,
  • Salma F. Mujib,
  • Francesca Trovato,
  • Barnaby Sanderson,
  • Blair Merrick,
  • Umar Niazi,
  • Mansoor Saqi,
  • Konstantina Dimitrakopoulou,
  • Rafael Fernández-Leiro,
  • Silke Braun,
  • Romy Kronstein-Wiedemann,
  • Katie J. Doores,
  • Jonathan D. Edgeworth,
  • Ajay M. Shah,
  • Stefan R. Bornstein,
  • Torsten Tonn,
  • Adrian C. Hayday,
  • Mauro Giacca,
  • Manu Shankar-Hari,
  • Manuel Mayr

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23494-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Here the authors use RT-qPCR and mass spectrometry to analyze longitudinal blood samples from intensive care unit (ICU) COVID-19 patients and controls. They find that viral RNA and pentraxin-3 predict 28-day ICU mortality and that galectin-3-binding protein is an interaction partner of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein with antiviral properties.