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As a first step to understand the cardiohepatic axis, we sought to elucidate the circulating inflammatory milieu in patients with RHF.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Blood samples were collected from the IVC and hepatic veins during right heart catheterization from 3 groups of patients: 1) controls with normal cardiac function, 2) patients with heart failure (HF) who did not meet all criteria of RHF, and 3) patients who met prespecified criteria for RHF defined by hemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters. We performed multiplex protein assay to survey levels of several circulating markers and analyzed their association with mortality and need for left ventricular assist device or heart transplant. Finally, we leveraged publicly available single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) data and performed tissue imaging to evaluate expression of these factors in the liver.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this study of 43 patients, RHF was associated with elevated levels of a subset of cytokines\/chemokines\/growth factors compared to controls. In particular, soluble CD163 (sCD163) and CXCL12 were higher in RHF and predicted survival in an independent validation cohort. Furthermore, scRNAseq and immunohistochemistry of human liver biopsies suggest that these factors are expressed by Kupffer cells and may be liver derived.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>RHF is associated with a distinct circulating inflammatory profile. sCD163 and CXCL12 are novel biomarkers that can prognosticate patient outcomes. Future studies to define how these molecules influence HF phenotypes and disease progression may lead to new approaches to management of patients with RHF.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2023.04.12.23288502","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,17]],"date-time":"2023-04-17T13:26:41Z","timestamp":1681738001000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Distinct Inflammatory Milieu in Patients with Right Heart Failure"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9653-145X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bin Q","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5668-0701","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arick C","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8473-7020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jason","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9361-1120","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kathleen","family":"Byrnes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6657-331X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ali","family":"Javaheri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2516-0145","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Douglas L","family":"Mann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3884-1994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joel D","family":"Schilling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2023042004550847000_2023.04.12.23288502v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ejhf.664"},{"key":"2023042004550847000_2023.04.12.23288502v1.2","unstructured":"Badagliacca R , Poscia R , Pezzuto B , Papa S , Reali M , Pesce F , Manzi G , Gianfrilli D , Ciciarello F , Sciomer S , et al. 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