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Salivary epidermal growth factor correlates with hospitalization length in rotavirus infection

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2017
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Title
Salivary epidermal growth factor correlates with hospitalization length in rotavirus infection
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BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12879-017-2463-0
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J. Gómez-Rial, M. J. Curras-Tuala, C. Talavero-González, C. Rodríguez-Tenreiro, L. Vilanova-Trillo, A. Gómez-Carballa, I. Rivero-Calle, A. Justicia-Grande, J. Pardo-Seco, L. Redondo-Collazo, A. Salas, F. Martinón-Torres

Abstract

The IFI27 interferon gene expression has been found to be largely increased in rotavirus (RV)-infected patients. IFI27 gene encodes for a protein of unknown function, very recently linked to epidermal proliferation and related to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) protein. The EGF is a low-molecular-weight polypeptide that is mainly produced by submandibular and parotid glands, and it plays an important physiological role in the maintenance of oro-esophageal and gastric tissue integrity. Our aim was to determine salivary EGF levels in RV-infected patients in order to establish its potential relationship with IFI27 increased expression and EGF-mediated mucosal protection in RV infection. We conducted a prospective comparative study using saliva samples from 27 infants infected with RV (sampled at recruitment during hospital admission and at convalescence, i.e. at least 3 months after recovery) and from 36 healthy control children. Median (SD) EGF salivary concentration was 777 (529) pg/ml in RV-infected group at acute phase and 356 (242) pg/m at convalescence, while it was 337 (119) pg/ml in the healthy control group. A significant association was found between EGF levels and hospitalization length of stay (P-value = 0.022; r(2) = -0.63). The salivary levels of EGF are significantly increased during the acute phase of natural RV infection, and relate to length of hospitalization. Further assessment of this non-invasive biomarker in RV disease is warranted.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 17%
Student > Bachelor 1 6%
Librarian 1 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 7 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 28%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 22%
Chemical Engineering 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2017.
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#6,394,719
of 22,977,819 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#1,998
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#102,812
of 316,100 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#51
of 184 outputs
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