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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

The Presence of Circulating Nucleated Red Blood Cells Is Associated With Disease Severity in Patients of Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome.

Jingang Zhang, Kang Tang, Yun Zhang, Ying Ma, Chunmei Zhang, Haifeng Hu, Xiaozhou Jia, Ran Zhuang, Boquan Jin, Meng Wang and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jingang ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Kang TangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yun ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ying MaDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Chunmei ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Haifeng HuCenter for Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xiaozhou JiaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Xi'an Eighth Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Ran ZhuangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Boquan JinDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Meng WangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xiyue ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Dalu LiuDepartment of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yusi ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNXi'an Medical University · CNThe Eighth Hospital of Xi'an · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a regional infectious disease of epidemic potential caused by the Hantaan virus (HTNV). Red blood cells (RBCs) are the major components of peripheral blood. However, pathological changes in RBCs and the underlying mechanisms during HTNV infection remain largely unclear. Therefore, this study sought to explore changes in RBCs in the peripheral blood of HFRS patients. We isolated PBMCs from HFRS patients and performed single-cell RNA sequencing. The results showed that clusters of RBCs in the peripheral blood of HFRS could be classified as nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) based on their cellular components, gene expression profiles and cell surface markers. In addition, it was shown that the higher the count of NRBC in peripheral blood, the more severe the disease status was. Moreover, hematological indices related to RBCs were analyzed and the results showed that impairment in the folate pathway might be the possible reason behind the presence of NRBCs. This study, for the first time showed that the presence of NRBCs in the peripheral blood of HFRS patients was associated with disease severity. This was also the first study to show that infection with the HTNV virus hindered the maturation of RBCs. Therefore, this work provides further insights on the role of and pathological changes in RBCs during HTNV infection.

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folic acid (B9)HFRSHTNVNRBCvitamin B12 (B12)

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PMID34113638
PMCPMC8186265
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