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ArticlePloS one2021

Umbilical cord miRNAs to predict neonatal early onset sepsis.

Linda M Ernst, Leena B Mithal, Karen Mestan, Vivien Wang, Kathy A Mangold, Alexa Freedman, Sanchita Das

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Linda M ErnstDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States of America.
Leena B MithalDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1070-5306
Karen MestanDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
Vivien WangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States of America.
Kathy A MangoldDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9696-555X
Alexa FreedmanInstitute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States of America.
Sanchita DasDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States of America.
NorthShore University HealthSystem · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

The Role of Placental Maternal Vascular Underperfusion in Neonatal Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL139798 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MESTAN, KAREN K · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Molecular Signatures of Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in Umbilical Cord BloodK23AI139337 · NIAID · LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO · PI MITHAL, LEENA BHATTACHARYA · 2019 to 2023
$948k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139798NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI139337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine if miRNA (miR) expression in umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord tissue differs between neonates with early onset sepsis (EOS) versus neonates without true infection.

methodsRetrospective case-control study design of human patients with EOS (n = 8), presumed sepsis (N = 12) and non-infected control patients (N = 21). Differential expression of >300 miRs was examined using the MIHS-3001ZE-miScript miRNA PCR Array Human miFinder 384HC. Expression levels of miRs were normalized using the global Ct mean of expressed miR and compared between groups. Data analysis was performed using GeneGlobe data analysis software. Ratios of over and under-expressed miRs were calculated and compared between groups using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.

resultsBoth umbilical cord plasma and umbilical cord tissue revealed several miRs with differential expression with little overlap between the two specimen types. The most overexpressed miR in plasma of EOS patients was miR-211-5p and the most overexpressed in EOS cord tissue was miR-223-5p. ROC curves comparing the ratios of over and under-expressed miRs for EOS patients and controls resulted in an area under the curve of 0.787 for cord plasma (miR-211-5p/miR-142-3p) and 0.988 for umbilical cord tissue (miR-223-5p/miR-22-3p), indicating good discrimination.

conclusionsmiRs show differential expression in EOS versus non-infected controls and presumed sepsis. A ratio of over and under-expressed miRs can provide a potentially sensitive and specific diagnostic test for EOS.

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Fetal BloodMicroRNAsNeonatal SepsisROC CurveCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleRetrospective StudiesSepsisUmbilical CordMicroRNAs

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PMID33961620
PMCPMC8104380
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