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ArticleScientific reports2018

Soluble interleukin-27 receptor alpha is a valuable prognostic biomarker for acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Shuangzhu Liu, Jingjing Han, Huanle Gong, Yongsheng Li, Xiebing Bao, Jiaqian Qi, Hong Liu, Jia Chen, Xiaojin Wu, Yang Xu and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. 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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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shuangzhu LiuJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Jingjing HanJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Huanle GongInstitute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
Yongsheng LiDepartment of Rheumatology, Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an, 223300, China.
Xiebing BaoJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Jiaqian QiJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Hong LiuJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Jia ChenJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Xiaojin WuJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Yang XuJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Shoubao MaJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China. mashoubao@suda.edu.cn.
Depei WuJiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China. wudepei@medmail.com.cn.
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNSoochow University · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81470346National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81730003Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation) BK201500352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a major life-threatening complication after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Interleukin-27 receptor alpha (IL-27Rα) is a co-receptor of IL-27, an inflammatory cytokine that possesses extensive immunological functions. It has been reported that IL-27Rα can exist in its soluble form (sIL-27Rα) in human serum and can function as a natural IL-27 antagonist. In this study, we examined serum sIL-27Rα levels and evaluated their prognostic value in aGVHD. A total of 152 subjects were prospectively recruited and separated into the training group (n = 72) and the validation group (n = 80). Serum sIL-27Rα at neutrophil engraftment was measured by ELISA. In the training set, a cut-off value of sIL-27Rα = 59.40 ng/ml was identified to predict grade II-IV aGVHD (AUC = 0.735, 95% CI 0.618-0.853, P = 0.001). Cumulative incidences of grade II-IV aGVHD (P = 0.004), relapse rate (P = 0.008), and non-relapse mortality (P = 0.008) in patients with low serum sIL-27Rα (≥59.40 ng/ml) were significantly higher than those of patients with high serum sIL-27Rα (<59.40 ng/ml). Multivariate analysis confirmed that low sIL-27Rα level (HR = 2.83 95% CI 1.29-6.19, P < 0.01) was an independent risk factor for predicting grade II-IV aGVHD. In addition, serum sIL-27Rα was positively correlated with IL-27 (R = 0.27, P = 0.029), IL-10 (R = 0.37, P = 0.0015) and HGF (R = 0.27, P = 0.0208), but was negatively correlated with TNFR1 (R = -0.365, P = 0.0022) and ST2 (R = -0.334, P = 0.0041), elafin (R = -0.29, P = 0.0117), and REG3α (R = -0.417, P = 0.0003). More importantly, the threshold value of sIL-27Rα was then validated in an independent cohort of 80 patients (AUC = 0.790, 95% CI 0.688-0.892, P < 0.001). Taken together, our findings suggested that serum sIL-27Rα at neutrophil engraftment maybe a valuable prognostic biomarker in predicting the incidence of moderate-to-severe aGVHD.

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AdolescentAdultBiomarkersChildChild, PreschoolCytokinesFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReceptors, InterleukinBiomarkersCytokinesIL27RA protein, humanReceptors, Interleukin

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