Diagnostic and prognostic roles of procalcitonin and other tools in community-acquired pneumonia: a narrative review

S Ozbay, M Ayan, O Ozsoy, C Akman, O Karcioglu - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is among the most common causes of death and
one of the leading healthcare concerns worldwide. It can evolve into sepsis and septic …

[HTML][HTML] Xuebi**g injection protects sepsis induced myocardial injury by mediating TLR4/NF-κB/IKKα and JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathways

XF Kang, XL Lu, CF Bi, XD Hu, Y Li, JK Li… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Compelling evidence has demonstrated that Xuebi**g (XBJ) exerted protective
effects against SIMI. The aims of this study were to investigate whether TLR4/IKKα-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for exclusion of alternative diagnoses in sarcoidosis

LJ Harper, CF Farver, R Yadav, DA Culver - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2024 - Elsevier
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous syndrome that arises from a persistent immune
response to a triggering antigen (s). There is no “gold standard” test or algorithm for the …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical value of systemic inflammatory response index and inflammatory prognosis index in predicting 3-month outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients …

X Ma, J Yang, X Wang, X Wang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) was an independent predictor of the
prognosis of many diseases. Inflammatory prognostic index (IPI) was a new inflammatory …

Prediction of sepsis among patients with major trauma using artificial intelligence: a multicenter validated cohort study

B Sun, M Lei, L Wang, X Wang, X Li… - … Journal of Surgery, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Background: Sepsis remains a significant challenge in patients with major trauma in the ICU.
Early detection and treatment are crucial for improving outcomes and reducing mortality …

Evaluation of biomarkers from peritoneal fluid as predictors of severity for abdominal sepsis patients following emergency laparotomy

J Zhao, T Zhang, Z Deng, X Han, T Ma… - Journal of Inflammation …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Intra-abdominal infection is considered the second most common cause of sepsis
and results in localized or diffused inflammation of the peritoneum. The main treatment for …

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces the cytokine release syndrome by stimulating T cells to produce more IL-2

C Niu, T Liang, Y Chen, S Zhu, L Zhou, N Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is one of the leading causes of mortality in
patients with COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. However, the mechanism …

Diagnostic Value of Systemic Inflammatory Response Index for Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infection in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis

J Yang, H Wang, Q Hua, J Wu… - Journal of Immunology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. This study was aimed at investigating the diagnostic value of the neutrophil‐to‐
lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR), C‐reactive protein‐to‐albumin …

sIL-2R: a novel diagnostic biomarker for primary adrenal lymphoma

K Yu, W **e, L Zhao, H Wang, Y Ren… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is difficult to distinguish from other adrenal
masses. Soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) is a diagnostic biomarker for nodal non …

[HTML][HTML] Expression pattern of serum interleukin-7 in elderly septic patients and its prognostic value for predicting short-term mortality

J Zhao, Y Zhang, JY Wang, B Wei, YG Liu - Cytokine, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The identification of novel prognostic biomarkers in elderly septic patients are
essential for the improvement of mortality in sepsis in the context of precision medicine. The …