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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 9 as Reliable Markers for Corona Virus Disease-19

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Respiratory, multiorgan, and heart failure are the causes of mortality from COVID-19 so this pandemic has increased interest in the biochemical processes that explain the complex interactions between infectious pathogens and human hosts. The virus's entry activates the immune system, including various toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways that result in the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines. This study aims to find meaningful COVID-19 biomarkers outside of conventional biochemical examinations. Patients and Methods:  This study registered 100 people (n = 100), including 75 COVID-19 patients receiving care at the El Sahel Teaching Hospital and 25 healthy controls. We used RT-PCR, computed tomography (CT) scans, and biochemical routine profile tests like d-dimer, c-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) to confirm that the COVID-19 virus was real. We measured toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) and toll-like receptor-9 (TLR-9) using the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (sandwich ELISA) method. Results: The results showed that there were statically significant differences in WBC, HCT, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, HbA1C, FBS, PPBS, and also COVID-19 profile biochemical tests except LDH. In the cases of TLR-4 and TLR-9, a significant difference appeared among the studied groups. We observed a highly significant correlation in the case of TLR-9 with ferritin and CRP. This study used ROC curves to measure the diagnostic accuracy of COVID-19.  This study allowed for the accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 patients, with an AUC of 0.87 in the case of TLR-4 and 0.94 in the case of TLR-9. The ROC curve determined the cutoff points, and we measured the sensitivity and specificity of both TLR4 and TLR9 to be 80% and 79% for TLR-4, and 92% and 100% for TLR-9. Conclusion and Summary: TLR-4 and TLR-9 are effective biomarkers to distinguish between healthy and those with COVID-19 with acceptable sensitivity and specificity.

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10.21608/eajbsc.2024.381914

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Coronavirus disease 2019, Toll-like receptor-4, Toll-like receptor-9, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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Asmaa

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Mohamed

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K.

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo,Egypt.

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Cairo

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Amal

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Mohamed

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A.

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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, National Hepatology Tropical Medicine Research Institute, GOTHI, Cairo, Egypt.

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amalahmedhcp@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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Manar

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Foda

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S.

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795, Cairo, Egypt.

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m.fouda6980@gmail.com

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First Name

Ahmed

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Elamir

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Y.

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Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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angellok2@yahoo.com

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Mohamed

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Ezz AL Arab

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Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

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Mona

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Abdulmohsen

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A.

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Teaching fellow of Physiotherapy at El Sahel Teaching hospital.

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mona_abdulmohsen@hotmail.com

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Gehan

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Labib

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H.

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Researcher of chest diseases Department of Internal Medicine Research Institute of Medicine and Clinical Studies, National Research Center.

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dr_gehan2010@hotmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

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Omran

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M.

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795, Cairo, Egypt.

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drmmomran@yahoo.com

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16

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2

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48899

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2024-12-01

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2024-08-16

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2024-09-30

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195

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210

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2090-0767

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2090-083X

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology

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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 9 as Reliable Markers for Corona Virus Disease-19

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