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ArticleLab on a chip2021

A digital protein microarray for COVID-19 cytokine storm monitoring.

Yujing Song, Yuxuan Ye, Shiuan-Haur Su, Andrew Stephens, Tao Cai, Meng-Ting Chung, Meilan K Han, Michael W Newstead, Lenar Yessayan, David Frame and 3 more

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yujing SongDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. katsuo@umich.edu.
Yuxuan Ye
Shiuan-Haur Su
Andrew Stephens
Tao Cai
Meng-Ting Chung
Meilan K Han
Michael W Newstead
Lenar Yessayan
David Frame
H David Humes
Benjamin H Singer
Katsuo Kurabayashi
University of Michigan · US

Funding

β-Amyloid Potentiates Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Decline After Sepsis SurvivalK08NS101054 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SINGER, BENJAMIN HERSCHEL · 2017 to 2021
$1.0M
National Science Foundation CBET1931905National Science Foundation CBET2030551NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS101054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite widespread concern regarding cytokine storms leading to severe morbidity in COVID-19, rapid cytokine assays are not routinely available for monitoring critically ill patients. We report the clinical application of a digital protein microarray platform for rapid multiplex quantification of cytokines from critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University of Michigan Hospital. The platform comprises two low-cost modules: (i) a semi-automated fluidic dispensing/mixing module that can be operated inside a biosafety cabinet to minimize the exposure of the technician to the virus infection and (ii) a 12-12-15 inch compact fluorescence optical scanner for the potential near-bedside readout. The platform enabled daily cytokine analysis in clinical practice with high sensitivity (<0.4 pg mL

Indexed as

AlgorithmsBiomarkersCOVID-19C-Reactive ProteinCritical IllnessCytokine Release SyndromeCytokinesDigital TechnologyEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEquipment DesignFerritinsInterleukin-10Interleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Limit of DetectionMonitoring, PhysiologicBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesFerritinsIL10 protein, humanIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-10Interleukin-1betaInterleukin-6Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID33211045
PMCPMC7855944
OpenAlexW3103183210

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