Cited by 1,514COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Proteomic and Metabolomic Characterization of COVID-19 Patient Sera

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Shen, Bo, Yi, Xiao, Sun, Yaoting, Bi, Xiaojie, Du, Juping, Zhang, Chao, Quan, Sheng, Zhang, Fangfei +32 more·2020·Cell

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Early detection and effective treatment of severe COVID-19 patients remain major challenges. Here, we performed proteomic and metabolomic profiling of sera from 46 COVID-19 and 53 control individuals. We then trained a machine learning model using proteomic and metabolomic measurements from a training cohort of 18 non-severe and 13 severe patients. The model was validated using 10 independent patients, 7 of which were correctly classified. Targeted proteomics and metabolomics assays were employed to further validate this molecular classifier in a second test cohort of 19 COVID-19 patients, leading to 16 correct assignments. We identified molecular changes in the sera of COVID-19 patients compared to other groups implicating dysregulation of macrophage, platelet degranulation, complement system pathways, and massive metabolic suppression. This study revealed characteristic protein and metabolite changes in the sera of severe COVID-19 patients, which might be used in selection of potential blood biomarkers for severity evaluation.

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Shen, B., Yi, X., Sun, Y., Bi, X., Du, J., Zhang, C., Quan, S., Zhang, F., Sun, R., Qian, L., Ge, W., Liu, W., Liang, S., Chen, H., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Xu, J., He, Z., Chen, B., Wang, J., Yan, H., Zheng, Y., Wang, D., Zhu, J., Kong, Z., Kang, Z., Liang, X., Ding, X., Ruan, G., Xiang, N., Cai, X., Gao, H., Li, L., Li, S., Xiao, Q., Lu, T., Zhu, Y., Liu, H., Chen, H., & Guo, T.
Affiliations
  • Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
  • Westlake University (CN)
  • Dian Diagnostics (China) (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhu, Yi
  • Liu, Huafen
  • Chen, Haixiao
  • Guo, Tiannan
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
182
Issue
1
Pages
59-72.e15
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3028711203
Cited by
1,514
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 79 · 2025: 108 · 2024: 221 · 2023: 249 · 2022: 325 · 2021: 380 · 2020: 151
FWCI
36.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81972492, 21904107, 81672086)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LR19C050001)
  • SCIEX
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, severe COVID-19, serum proteomics, serum metabolomics, blood biomarkers, disease severity classification, machine learning classifiers, macrophage activation, platelet secretion, complement system, metabolic suppression
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, COVID-19, Adult, Amino Acids, Female, Humans, Macrophages, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Severity of Illness Index, Biomarkers, Cluster Analysis, Coronavirus Infections, Proteomics, Lipid Metabolism, Metabolomics, Pandemics

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