Multimarker profiling identifies protective and harmful immune processes in heart failure: findings from BIOSTAT-CHF

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Markousis-Mavrogenis, G (Author) Other; Tromp, J (Author) Other; Ouwerkerk, W (Author) Other; Ferreira, JP (Author) FMUP; Anker, SD (Author) Other; Cleland, JG (Author) Other; Dickstein, K (Author) Other; Filippatos, G (Author) Other; Lang, CC (Author) Other; Metra, M (Author) Other; Samani, NJ (Author) Other; de Boer, RA (Author) Other; van Veldhuisen, DJ (Author) Other; Voors, AA (Author) Other; van der Meer, P (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Cardiovascular Research

Vol. 118

Pages: 1964-1977

ISSN: 0008-6363

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00W-TVY

DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab235

Abstract (EN): <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Aims</jats:title> <jats:p>The exploration of novel immunomodulatory interventions to improve outcome in heart failure (HF) is hampered by the complexity/redundancies of inflammatory pathways, which remain poorly understood. We thus aimed to investigate the associations between the activation of diverse immune processes and outcomes in patients with HF.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods and results</jats:title> <jats:p>We measured 355 biomarkers in 2022 patients with worsening HF and an independent validation cohort (n¿=¿1691) (BIOSTAT-CHF index and validation cohorts), and classified them according to their functions into biological processes based on the gene ontology classification. Principal component analyses were used to extract weighted scores per process. We investigated the association of these processes with all-cause mortality at 2-year follow-up. The contribution of each biomarker to the weighted score(s) of the processes was used to identify potential therapeutic targets. Mean age was 69 (±12.0) years and 537 (27%) patients were women. We identified 64 unique overrepresented immune-related processes representing 188 of 355 biomarkers. Of these processes, 19 were associated with all-cause mortality (10 positively and 9 negatively). Increased activation of `T-cell costimulation¿ and `response to interferon-gamma/positive regulation of interferon-gamma production¿ showed the most consistent positive and negative associations with all-cause mortality, respectively, after external validation. Within T-cell costimulation, inducible costimulator ligand, CD28, CD70, and tumour necrosis factor superfamily member-14 were identified as potential therapeutic targets.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>We demonstrate the divergent protective and harmful effects of different immune processes in HF and suggest novel therapeutic targets. These findings constitute a rich knowledge base for informing future studies of inflammation in HF.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Dissemination