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ArticleBioscience reports2020

Circular RNA FUNDC1 improves prediction of stroke associated infection in acute ischemic stroke patients with high risk.

Lei Zuo, Cai Li, Juan Zu, Honghong Yao, Fuling Yan

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lei ZuoDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Cai LiDepartment of Neurology, Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao, 276800, Shandong, China.
Juan ZuDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Honghong YaoDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Fuling YanDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University · CNPeople’s Hospital of Rizhao · CNSoutheast University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying those patients who were at high risk of stroke associated infection (SAI) for preventive antibiotic therapy was imperative for patients' benefits, thus improving prediction of SAI was critical for all acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. Circular RNA FUNDC1 (circFUNDC1) has been reported to be the diagnosis and prognosis biomarker of AIS. Therefore, the present study aimed to figure out whether circFUNDC1 could be the potential predictor of SAI that could help to guide preventive treatment. In total, 68 patients were included in the study, 26 of which had infection and 42 without. Copy number of circFUNDC1 in plasma were quantified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Platelet spike-in experiment and correlation analysis were conducted to explore possible origins of circFUNDC1 in plasma. A significantly elevated level of circFUNDC1 was found in SAI patients compared with not infected AIS patients (P=0.0258). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves demonstrated the prediction significance of circFUNDC1, with the area under the curve (AUC) at 0.6612 and sensitivity, specificity at 69.23%, 61.90% respectively in predicting SAI. Then, when adding circFUNDC1 in the risk model, the AUC increased from 0.7971 in model A to 0.8038 in model B. Additionally, positive correlation was observed between circFUNDC1 level and neutrophils counts. WBC and neutrophil ratios were significantly elevated in SAI patients compared with non-SAI patients. Therefore, circFUNDC1 could be used to construct a risk model for the prediction of SAI that is beneficial for AIS patients' preventive treatment.

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Acute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overCell-Free Nucleic AcidsCommunicable DiseasesFemaleHumansIschemic StrokeMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRNA, CircularUp-RegulationCell-Free Nucleic AcidsRNA, Circularacute ischemic strokebiomarkercircular RNArisk modelsstroke associated infection

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PMID32537657
PMCPMC7303347
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