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Plasma biomarkers of brain injury in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms     
Yazarlar
Doç. Dr. Burç Esra ŞAHİN Doç. Dr. Burç Esra ŞAHİN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Asuman Çelikbilek
Türkiye
Yusuf Koçak
Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gamze TURNA SALTOĞLU Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gamze TURNA SALTOĞLU
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Naime Meriç Konar
Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Lokman HİZMALİ Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Lokman HİZMALİ
Türkiye
Özet
Objective: Neurological symptoms (NS) were often reported in COVID-19 infection. We examined the plasma levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and S100B together, as brain injury biomarkers, in relation to persistent NS in a cohort of patients with COVID-19 during the acute phase of the disease.Methods: A total of 20 healthy controls and 58 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were enrolled in this prospective study. Serum GFAP and S100B levels were measured by using enzymle linked immunoassay method from blood samples.Results: Serum GFAP levels were found to be significantly higher in the severe group than in the controls (p = 0.007). However, serum S100B levels were similar between control and disease groups (p > 0.05). No significant results for GFAP and S100B were obtained between the disease groups depending on whether the sampling time was below or above 5 days (p > 0.05). We did not find a correlation between serum GFAP and S100B levels and the presence of NS (p > 0.05). However, serum S100B levels were slightly higher in patients with multiple NS than in those with a single symptom (p = 0.044).Conclusions: Elevated GFAP was associated with disease severity but not with NS in COVID-19 patients. Whereas, high serum S100B was associated with the multipl NS in these patients. Our data suggest that GFAP and S100B may be of limited value currently in order to represent the neuronal damage, though serving a basis for the future work.
Anahtar Kelimeler
SARS-CoV-2 | COVID-19 | Brain injury | GFAP | S100B | Neurological symptoms
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Dergi ISSN 0022-510X
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2022
Cilt No 439
Sayı 120324
Sayfalar 1 / 6
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120324
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2022.120324
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Atıf Sayıları
WoS 15
Plasma biomarkers of brain injury in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms

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