Decreased Expression of the High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) Gene in Peripheral Blood in Patients with Mild or Moderate Clostridioides difficile Infection.

ABSTRACT: Cytokines are mediators of inflammation induced in the course of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) is a cytokine playing an important role in the pathogenesis of numerous inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The aim of the study was to assess the HMGB1 gene expression in the course of CDI. We have performed a prospective case-control study- including 55 adult patients, among them 27 with CDI, who were hospitalized from October 2018 to February 2020 and 28 healthy volunteers. We assessed: a complete blood count with differential leukocyte count, blood creatinine, albumin, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. Then, the expression of the HMGB1 gene was evaluated using quantitative Real-Time PCR. Patients with CDI were found to ha

SUBMITTER: Czepiel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7464922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature