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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

The Dysregulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System in COVID-19 Studied by Serum Proteomics: Angiotensinogen Increases with Disease Severity.

Phil-Robin Tepasse, Richard Vollenberg, Nico Steinebrey, Simone König

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Phil-Robin TepasseDepartment of Medicine B for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Clinical Infectiology, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2757-4755
Richard VollenbergDepartment of Medicine B for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Clinical Infectiology, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3208-7924
Nico SteinebreyIZKF Core Unit Proteomics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Simone KönigIZKF Core Unit Proteomics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0672-7246
University Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: ACE and CPN serum activity correlated with disease severity in an earlier study of 45 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The serum protein profile was investigated in the same cohort here to shed more light on the involvement of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). (2) Methods: High-definition mass spectrometry-based protein expression analysis was performed, followed by multivariate statistical and network analyses. (3) Results: The protein profiles of hospitalized patients (HoP) differed significantly from those of convalescent and healthy probands. Surprisingly, HoP samples separated into six groups according to their protein profiles: group (G) 1 represented the youngest and the least afflicted patients, and G6 the oldest and critically ill patients. At least two major pathophysiological schemes were indicated based on differing involvement of the kallikrein-kinin system (KKS), the RAS and complement activation. The serum angiotensinogen concentration increased with disease severity. (4) Conclusions: The important role of the RAS in the response to COVID-19 infection was substantiated, but other pathways such as the KKS, plasminogen activation and complement activation influence the systemic response to the infection.

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COVID-19Renin-Angiotensin SystemAngiotensinogenHumansPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AProteomicsSeverity of Illness IndexAngiotensinogenPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AACEAGTbradykinincoronavirusCPNexpression analysisKLKB1KNG1mass spectrometryproteomicsRASserum

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PMID35458690
PMCPMC9025241
OpenAlexW4224321009

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