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Global cytokine/chemokine profile identifies potential progression prediction indicators in hand-foot-and-mouth disease patients with Enterovirus A71 infections

Yaqing He, Zhuoying Feng, Wei Wang, Ying Chen, Jinquan Cheng, Jun Meng, Hong Yang, Yujie Wang, Xiangjie Yao, Qianjin Feng, Long Chen, Hailong Zhang, Maggie H.T. Wang, Benny C.Y. Zee, Xin Wang, Ming Liang HE*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective: New clinical indicators are urgently needed for predicting the progression and complications of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) caused by EV-A71 infections. 
Materials and Methods: Serum specimens from 132 EV-A71 HFMD patients and 73 health children were collected during 2012 to 2014 in Shenzhen, China. The specific cytokines/chemokines were detected with a 274-human cytokine antibody array, followed by a 38-inflammation cytokine array, and further validated by ELISA.
Results: Cytokines varied in different severity of EV-A71 HFMD patients. The ROC curve analysis revealed 6 serum cytokines with high sensitivity and specificity in predicting the disease progression. Eotaxin, IL-8 and IP-10 have showed high AUC values (0.90 - 0.95) for discrimination between the health controls and the patient group. The three cytokines showed high sensitivity (80% - 91%) and specificity (88% - 95%). MMP-8 had a high sensitivity and specificity to predict mild HFMD (100%, 100%). IL-1b and leptin discriminated the severe/critical group from the mild group (79% and 69% in sensitivity, 73% and 63% in specificity). 
Conclusions: Eotaxin, IP-10 and IL-8 could be potential indicators for predicting HFMD progression with EV-A71 infection. MMP-8 is a specific indicator for mild infection, while IL-1b and leptin display potential for predicting the severity and criticality.
Original languageEnglish
Article number154765
JournalCytokine
Volume123
Online published27 Jun 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019

Research Keywords

  • Cytokine/chemokine array
  • EV-A71
  • Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
  • Indicator
  • Inflammation profile

RGC Funding Information

  • RGC-funded

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