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ArticleClinical kidney journal2023

Deep immune profiling of patients with renal impairment unveils distinct immunotypes associated with disease severity.

I-Wen Wu, Yi-Lun Wu, Huang-Yu Yang, Cheng-Kai Hsu, Lun-Ching Chang, Yuh-Ching Twu, Ya-Ling Chang, Wen-Hung Chung, Chih-Wei Yang, Wen-Ping Hsieh and 1 more

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Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

I-Wen WuDepartment of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
Yi-Lun WuInstitute of Statistics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Huang-Yu YangCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Cheng-Kai HsuDepartment of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-526X
Lun-Ching ChangDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8039-5350
Yuh-Ching TwuDepartment of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0327-0738
Ya-Ling ChangAdvanced Immunology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo, Taiwan.
Wen-Hung ChungWhole-Genome Research Core Laboratory of Human Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
Chih-Wei YangCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Wen-Ping HsiehInstitute of Statistics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Shih-Chi SuWhole-Genome Research Core Laboratory of Human Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWNational Tsing Hua University · TWFlorida Atlantic University · USJohns Hopkins University · USKeelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is pathologically correlated with a sophisticated milieu of innate and adaptive immune dysregulation, but the underlying immunological disturbances remain poorly understood. Methods: To address this, we comprehensively interrogated cellular and soluble elements of the immune system by using high-dimensional flow cytometry to analyze peripheral blood mononuclear cells and performing cytokine/chemokine profiling of serum samples, respectively, in a cohort of 69 patients and 19 non-CKD controls. Results: Altered serum levels of several cytokines/chemokines were identified, among which concentrations of stem cell factor (SCF) were found to be elevated with the progression of CKD and inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Deep immunophenotyping analyses reveal a global change in immune modulation associated with CKD severity. Specifically, a decrease in the subsets of CD56 Conclusions: Our data unveil severity-specific immunological signatures perturbed in CKD patients.

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