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ArticleViruses2014

Increased plasma cell-free DNA level during HTNV infection: correlation with disease severity and virus load.

Jing Yi, Yun Zhang, Yusi Zhang, Ying Ma, Chunmei Zhang, Qi Li, Bei Liu, Zhijia Liu, Jiayun Liu, Xianqing Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Viruses, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing YiDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. zhangxq@fmmu.edu.cn.
Yun ZhangDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. immuzy@fmmu.edu.cn.
Yusi ZhangDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. immuzy@fmmu.edu.cn.
Ying MaDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. merry_bg20@163.com.
Chunmei ZhangDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. hzcm1981@126.com.
Qi LiDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. lq2008@fmmu.edu.cn.
Bei LiuDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. liubei83@163.com.
Zhijia LiuDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. liuzhijia007@gmail.com.
Jiayun LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. jiayun@fmmu.edu.cn.
Xianqing ZhangDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 15 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. zhangxq@fmmu.edu.cn.
Ran ZhuangDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. fmmuzhr@fmmu.edu.cn.
Boquan JinDepartment of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 169 Changle West Rd, Xi'an 710032, China. immu_jin@fmmu.edu.cn.
Air Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) in blood represents a promising DNA damage response triggered by virus infection or trauma, tumor, etc. Hantavirus primarily causes two diseases: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), depending on different Hantavirus species. The aim of this study was to evaluate plasma cf-DNA levels in acute phase of HFRS, and to correlate plasma cf-DNA with disease severity and plasma Hanttan virus (HTNV) load. We observed the appearance of cf-DNA in 166 plasma samples from 76 HFRS patients: the plasma cf-DNA levels peaked at the hypotensive stage of HFRS, and then decreased gradually. Until the diuretic stage, there was no significant difference in plasma cf-DNA level between patients and the healthy control. Exclusively in the febrile/hypotensive stage, the plasma cf-DNA levels of severe/critical patients were higher than those of the mild/moderate group. Moreover, the plasma cf-DNA value in the early stage of HFRS was correlated with HTNV load and disease severity. In most of the patients, plasma cf-DNA displayed a low-molecular weight appearance, corresponding to the size of apoptotic DNA. In conclusion, the plasma cf-DNA levels were dynamically elevated during HFRS, and correlated with disease severity, which suggests that plasma cf-DNA may be a potential biomarker for the pathogenesis and prognosis of HFRS.

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Viral LoadAdolescentAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesChildDisease ProgressionDNA, ViralFemaleHantaan virusHemorrhagic Fever with Renal SyndromeHumansMaleMiddle AgedNucleic Acid DenaturationSeverity of Illness IndexDNA, Viral

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PMID25029493
PMCPMC4113790
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