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EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 3, Pages 486-492Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2013.03.007
Keywords
Acute kidney failure; A/H1N1; ARDS; Chemokines; MCP-1; VEGF
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- National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) [127002, 126698]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is often associated to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to influenza A/H1N1 virus infection. The profile of angiogenic and inflammatory factors in ARDS patients may be relevant for AKI. We analyzed the serum levels of several angiogenic factors, cytokines, and chemokines in 32 patients with A/H1N1 virus infection (17 with ARDS/AKI and 15 ARDS patients who did not developed AKI) and in 18 healthy controls. Significantly higher levels of VEGF, MCP-1, IL-6, IL-8 and IP-10 in ARDS/AKI patients were detected. Adjusting by confusing variables, levels of MCP-1 >= 150 pg/mL (OR = 12.0, p = 0.04) and VEGF >= 225 pg/mL (OR = 6.4, p = 0.03) were associated with the development of AKI in ARDS patients. Higher levels of MCP-1 and IP-10 were significantly associated with a higher risk of death in patients with ARDS (hazard ratio (HR) = 10.0, p = 0.02; HR = 25.5, p = 0.03, respectively) even taking into account AKI. Patients with influenza A/H1N1 infection and ARDS/AKI have an over-production of MCP-1, VEGF and IP-10 possibly contributing to kidney injury and are associated to a higher risk of death. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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