Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

The cytokines HGF and CXCL13 predict the severity and the mortality in COVID-19 patients

  • Matthieu Perreau,
  • Madeleine Suffiotti,
  • Pedro Marques-Vidal,
  • Aurelie Wiedemann,
  • Yves Levy,
  • Cédric Laouénan,
  • Jade Ghosn,
  • Craig Fenwick,
  • Denis Comte,
  • Thierry Roger,
  • Jean Regina,
  • Peter Vollenweider,
  • Gerard Waeber,
  • Mauro Oddo,
  • Thierry Calandra,
  • Giuseppe Pantaleo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25191-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Infection with SARS CoV2 results in the induction of multiple cytokine and inflammatory pathways. Here the authors demonstrate the association of HGF and CXCL13 production with increased severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients.