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We aimed to evaluate proteins related to neutrophils functionality in sepsis. 70 (DC), 40 with sepsis, 30 without (w\/o) sepsis and 15 healthy controls (HC) plasma was analyzed for proteomic analysis, cytokine bead array, endotoxin, cell free DNA and whole blood cells were analyzed for nCD64-mHLADR index, neutrophils-monocytes, functionality and QRT-PCR. nCD64-mHLADR index was significantly increased (p &lt; 0.0001) with decreased HLA-DR expression on total monocytes in sepsis (p = 0.045). Phagocytic activity of both neutrophils and monocytes were significantly decreased in sepsis (p = 0.002 and p = 0.0003). Sepsis plasma stimulated healthy neutrophils, showed significant increase in NETs (neutrophil extracellular traps) and cell free DNA (p = 0.049 and p = 0.04) compared to w\/o sepsis and HC. Proteomic analysis revealed upregulated- DNAJC13, TMSB4X, GPI, GSTP1, PNP, ANPEP, COTL1, GCA, APOA1 and PGAM1 while downregulated- AHSG, DEFA1,SERPINA3, MPO, MMRN1and PROS1 proteins (FC &gt; 1.5; p &lt; 0.05) associated to neutrophil activation and autophagy in sepsis. Proteins such as DNAJC13, GPI, GSTP1, PNP, ANPEP, COTL1, PGAM1, PROS1, MPO, SERPINA3 and MMRN1 showed positive correlation with neutrophils activity and number, oxidative burst activity and clinical parameters such as MELD, MELD Na and Bilirubin. Proteomic analysis revealed that faulty functionality of neutrophils may be due to the autophagy proteins i.e., DNAJC13, AHSG, TMSB4X, PROS1 and SERPINA3, which can be used as therapeutic targets in decompensated cirrhosis patients with sepsis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells11111745","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,25]],"date-time":"2022-05-25T08:41:33Z","timestamp":1653468093000},"page":"1745","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Plasma Proteomic Analysis Identified Proteins Associated with Faulty Neutrophils Functionality in Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients with Sepsis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Rashi","family":"Sehgal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India"},{"name":"Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida 201313, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Navkiran","family":"Kaur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida 201313, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rakhi","family":"Maiwall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology, Institute of liver and biliary sciences, New Delhi 110070, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gayatri","family":"Ramakrishna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaswinder Singh","family":"Maras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nirupma","family":"Trehanpati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"838","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(08)60383-9","article-title":"Liver Cirrhosis","volume":"371","author":"Schuppan","year":"2008","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"310","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.28906","article-title":"Portal Hypertensive Bleeding in Cirrhosis: Risk Stratification, Diagnosis, and Management: 2016 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases","volume":"65","author":"Tsao","year":"2017","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1097\/QCO.0b013e3283528c9b","article-title":"The function of neutrophils in sepsis","volume":"25","author":"Kovach","year":"2012","journal-title":"Curr. 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