Urine proteome of COVID-19 patients
Yanchang Li, Yihao Wang, Huiying Liu, Wei Sun, Baoqing Ding, Yinghua Zhao, Peiru Chen, Li Zhu, Zhaodi Li, Naikang Li, Lei Chang, Hengliang Wang, Changqing Bai, Ping Xu
Abstract
The atypical pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 is a serious threat to global public health. However, early detection and effective prediction of patients with mild to severe symptoms remain challenging. The proteomic profiling of urine samples from healthy individuals, mild and severe COVID-19 positive patients with comorbidities can be clearly differentiated. Multiple pathways have been compromised after the COVID-19 infection, including the dysregulation of complement activation, platelet degranulation, lipoprotein metabolic process and response to hypoxia. This study demonstrates the COVID-19 pathophysiology related molecular alterations could be detected in the urine and the potential application in auxiliary diagnosis of COVID-19.