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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Clinical and mechanistic relevance of high-dimensionality analysis of the paediatric sepsis immunome.

Dandan Pi, Judith Ju Ming Wong, Katherine Nay Yaung, Nicholas Kim Huat Khoo, Su Li Poh, Martin Wasser, Pavanish Kumar, Thaschawee Arkachaisri, Feng Xu, Herng Lee Tan and 3 more

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13 authors.

Dandan Pi *Department of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China.
Judith Ju Ming Wong *Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Katherine Nay YaungTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Nicholas Kim Huat KhooTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Su Li PohTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Martin WasserTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Pavanish KumarTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Thaschawee ArkachaisriTranslational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Feng XuDepartment of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China.
Herng Lee TanRespiratory Therapy Service, Division of Allied Health Specialties, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Yee Hui MokChildren's Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatric Subspecialties, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Joo Guan Yeo *Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Salvatore Albani *Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: By employing a high-dimensionality approach, this study aims to identify mechanistically relevant cellular immune signatures that predict poor outcomes. Methods: This prospective study recruited 39 children with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit and 19 healthy age-matched children. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were studied with mass cytometry. Unique cell subsets were identified in the paediatric sepsis immunome and depicted with t-distributed stochastic neighbour embedding (tSNE) plots. Network analysis was performed to quantify interactions between immune subsets. Enriched immune subsets were included in a model for distinguishing sepsis and validated by flow cytometry in an independent cohort. Results: The median (interquartile range) age and paediatric sequential organ failure assessment (pSOFA) score in this cohort was 5.6(2.0, 11.3) years and 6.6 (IQR: 2.5, 10.1), respectively. High-dimensionality analyses of the immunome in sepsis revealed a loss of coordinated communication between immune subsets, particularly a loss of regulatory/inhibitory interaction between cell types, fewer interactions between cell subsets, and fewer negatively correlated edges than controls. Four independent immune subsets (CD45RA Conclusion: The sepsis immunome is deranged with loss of regulatory/inhibitory interactions. Four immune subsets increased in sepsis could be used in a model for diagnosis and prediction of poor outcomes.

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SepsisBiomarkersChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansImmunophenotypingInfantLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleProspective StudiesBiomarkersimmunologymonocytespediatric intensive care unitssepsisseptic shocksevere sepsisTh17 cells

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