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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Prognostic Value of Catestatin in Severe COVID-19: An ICU-Based Study.

Toni Kljakovic-Gaspic, Daria Tokic, Dinko Martinovic, Marko Kumric, Daniela Supe-Domic, Sanda Stojanovic Stipic, Nikola Delic, Josip Vrdoljak, Marino Vilovic, Tina Ticinovic Kurir and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Serum Catestatin Level as a Novel Biomarker of Oral Lichen Planus.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  7. Serum Catestatin Level as a Stratification Assessment Tool in Non-Critical COVID-19 Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toni Kljakovic-GaspicDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-9226-9757
Daria TokicDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-9508-4160
Dinko MartinovicDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-2060-5130
Marko KumricDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-9696-3359
Daniela Supe-DomicDepartment of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Sanda Stojanovic StipicDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Nikola DelicDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Josip VrdoljakDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Marino VilovicDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5433-5063
Tina Ticinovic KurirDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Josko BozicDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-1634-0635
University of Split · HR

Funding

University of Split, University Department of Health Studies not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catestatin is a pleiotropic peptide with a wide range of immunomodulatory effects. Considering that patients with a severe COVID-19 infection have a major immunological dysregulation, the aim of this study was to evaluate catestatin levels in patients with COVID-19 treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to compare them between the fatal and non-fatal outcomes. The study included 152 patients with severe COVID-19, out of which 105 had a non-fatal outcome and 47 had a fatal outcome. Serum catestatin levels were estimated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a commercially available diagnostic kit. The results show that catestatin levels were significantly lower in the fatal group compared to the non-fatal group (16.6 ± 7.8 vs. 23.2 ± 9.2 ng/mL; p < 0.001). Furthermore, there was a significant positive correlation between serum catestatin levels and vitamin D levels (r = 0.338; p < 0.001) while there was also a significant positive correlation between serum catestatin levels and growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) levels (r = −0.345; p < 0.001). Furthermore, multivariate logistic regression showed that catestatin, GDF-15 and leukocyte count were significant predictors for COVID-19 survival. These findings imply that catestatin could be playing a major immunomodulatory role in the complex pathophysiology of the COVID-19 infection and that serum catestatin could also be a predictor of a poor COVID-19 outcome.

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catestatinCOVID-19GDF-15intensive care unitSARS-CoV-2vitamin D

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PMID35956112
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