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ArticleScientific reports2023

Basophils absence predicts poor prognosis and indicates immunosuppression of patients in intensive care units.

Xiao Chen, Xiaofeng Zhu, Huichang Zhuo, Jiandong Lin, Xian Lin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiao Chen *Department of Intensive Care Unit and The Clinical Key Specialty of Fujian Province, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xiaofeng Zhu *Department of Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Huichang ZhuoDepartment of Intensive Care Unit and The Clinical Key Specialty of Fujian Province, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Jiandong LinDepartment of Intensive Care Unit and The Clinical Key Specialty of Fujian Province, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. linjd01680067@sina.com.
Xian LinShenzhen Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammatory Diseases, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. linxiangabriel@fjmu.edu.cn.
Fujian Medical University · CNUniversity of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune cells and immunity are associated with the prognosis of patients with critical illness. Here, medical records retrospectively extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV were used for screening an immune-related biomarker in intensive care units (ICU) patients and applied for validating the identified indicator in septic patients. In this work, the count of innate immune cells, basophils, harbored a superior role in predicting ICU patients' prognosis compared with those of other blood immune cells (OR 0.013, 95% CI 0.001, 0.118, P < 0.001). Importantly, basophils absence during ICU stay was positively correlated with the 28-day mortality of ICU patients and served as an independent predictor of ICU patients' prognosis (OR 3.425, 95% CI 3.717-3.165, P < 0.001). Moreover, the association between critical illness progression, poor outcome, and basophils absence was verified in septic patients. Subsequent investigations revealed the positive relationship between basophils absence and immunosuppression, and suggested the potential of basophils-mediated immunity in predicting the 28-day mortality of ICU patients. Collectively, we identify basophils absence during ICU stay as a novel and unfavorable indicator for evaluating the prognosis of ICU patients and recognizing a branch of ICU patients potentially suitable for intensified treatment and immunoenhancement therapy.

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Critical IllnessSepsisBasophilsBiomarkersHumansImmunosuppression TherapyIntensive Care UnitsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers

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PMID37898659
PMCPMC10613308
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