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ArticleESC heart failure2025

Circulating CD19 B cell count, myocardial injury and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure.

Yuta Kobayashi, Yoichiro Otaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Ryuhei Yamaguchi, Hiroe Ono, Shingo Tachibana, Junya Sato, Naoaki Hashimoto, Masahiro Wanezaki, Daisuke Kutsuzawa and 2 more

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Yuta KobayashiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Yoichiro OtakiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7859-1427
Tetsu WatanabeDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Ryuhei YamaguchiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Hiroe OnoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Shingo TachibanaDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Junya SatoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Naoaki HashimotoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Masahiro WanezakiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Daisuke KutsuzawaDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Takanori ArimotoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Masafumi WatanabeDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsHeart failure (HF) is a steadily increasing health problem associated with a high mortality rate. Lymphocytopenia is common and reportedly associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with HF. Alterations in circulating lymphocyte subsets have not been examined. The current study focused on the CD19 cell count, B cells and examined whether alteration of lymphocyte subsets can predict clinical outcomes in patients with HF.

methodsThree hundred ninety-five consecutive patients with HF were enrolled (mean age 73, 59.6% men). Circulating lymphocyte subset counts (CD3 cells: T cells; CD19 cells: B cells; and CD56 cells: NK cells) were evaluated. All patients were prospectively followed for a median period of 374 days. The primary and secondary endpoints were all-cause mortality and HF-related events, respectively.

resultsSimple linear analysis indicated that circulating CD19 B cell counts negatively correlated with heart-type fatty acid-binding protein levels (r = -0.3669; P < 0.0001). The C-index of the CD19 B cell count for all-cause mortality was the highest among the lymphocyte subset counts (C-index 0.73085 vs. 0.69063, 0.65312, 0.60117). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis demonstrated that the CD19 B cell count was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality and HF-related events after adjusting for confounding risk factors [hazard ratio (HR) 0.57; confidence interval (CI) 0.45-0.71; P < 0.0001 for all-cause mortality; HR 0.79; CI 0.64-0.98; P = 0.0293 for HF-related events], but not for other subset counts. Adding the CD19 B cell count to the basic risk factors significantly improved the C-index for all-cause mortality, with a significant net reclassification index and integrated discrimination improvement (C-index 0.8000 vs. 0.7609; P = 0.0256).

conclusionsCirculating CD19 B cell counts correlated with myocardial injury and could be a feasible marker for clinical outcomes in patients with HF.

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Antigens, CD19B-LymphocytesHeart FailureAgedBiomarkersFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLymphocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesSurvival RateAntigens, CD19BiomarkersCD19 B cell countheart failurelymphocytopeniamortalitymyocardial injury

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PMCPMC12450822

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