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ArticlePharmaceutics2024

Effects of Combined Treatment with Sodium Dichloroacetate and Sodium Valproate on the Genes in Inflammation- and Immune-Related Pathways in T Lymphocytes from Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Pneumonia: Sex-Related Differences.

Donatas Stakišaitis, Linas Kapočius, Vacis Tatarūnas, Dovydas Gečys, Auksė Mickienė, Tomas Tamošuitis, Rasa Ugenskienė, Arūnas Vaitkevičius, Ingrida Balnytė, Vaiva Lesauskaitė

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Donatas StakišaitisDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Linas KapočiusDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Vacis TatarūnasInstitute of Cardiology, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Dovydas GečysInstitute of Cardiology, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Auksė MickienėDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 47116 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Tomas TamošuitisDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Rasa UgenskienėDepartment of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Arūnas VaitkevičiusInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius University, 08661 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ingrida BalnytėDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Vaiva LesauskaitėInstitute of Cardiology, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50161 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · LTVilnius University · LT

Funding

[18F]-PU-AD epichaperome PET imaging probeRF1AG071805 · NIA · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI CHIOSIS, GABRIELA, DUNPHY, MARK P. · 2022 to 2025
$4.8M
the European Regional Development Fund under a grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania No 13.1.1-LMT-L-718-05-0030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study presents data on the anti-inflammatory effects of a combination of sodium dichloroacetate and sodium valproate (DCA-VPA) on the expression of inflammation- and immune response-related genes in T lymphocytes of SARS-CoV-2 patients. The study aimed to assess the effects of DCA-VPA on the genes of cytokine activity, chemokine-mediated signaling, neutrophil chemotaxis, lymphocyte chemotaxis, T-cell chemotaxis, and regulation of T-cell proliferation pathways. The study included 21 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and pneumonia: 9 male patients with a mean age of 68.44 ± 15.32 years and 12 female patients with a mean age of 65.42 ± 15.74 years. They were hospitalized between December 2022 and March 2023. At the time of testing, over 90% of sequences analyzed in Lithuania were found to be of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. The T lymphocytes from patients were treated with 5 mmol DCA and 2 mmol VPA for 24 h in vitro. The effect of the DCA-VPA treatment on gene expression in T lymphocytes was analyzed via gene sequencing. The study shows that DCA-VPA has significant anti-inflammatory effects and apparent sex-related differences. The effect is more potent in T cells from male patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and pneumonia than in females.

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inflammationinvestigational medicineSARS-CoV-2 infectionsex-related differencessodium dichloroacetate and sodium valproate combinationT lymphocytes

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PMID38543303
PMCPMC10974540
OpenAlexW4392918968

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