Objective To investigate the expression levels of serum chemokine 5 (CCL5) and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in children with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and their relationship with prognosis. Methods A total of 82 cases of HIE children diagnosed and treated in Hainan Women and Children Medical Center from January 2015 to May 2019 were selected as the disease group;according to the severity of the disease, they were divided into mild group (31 cases), moderate group (26 cases) and severe group (25 cases). Another 60 healthy newborns with normal physical examination in the same period were selected as the healthy group. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the expression levels of CCL5 and GM-CSF in serum.Neonatal Behavioral Neurological Assessment (NBNA) score was used to evaluate the development of nervous system in each group.Pearson method was used to analyze the correlation between serum CCL5, GM-CSF and NBNA score.The prognosis was evaluated by Gesell developmental test scales (GDS), and the relationship between the prognosis and the expression of CCL5 and GM-CSF was analyzed. Results The expression levels of serum CCL5 and GM-CSF in HIE children were (83.41±10.95) ng/L and (52.27±11.71) pg/mL, respectively, which were significantly different from those in healthy group (P< 0.05).With the aggravation of the disease, the expression level of CCL5 in serum of HIE children increased, while the expression level of GM-CSF decreased, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Serum CCL5 level was negatively correlated with NBNA score (r=- 0.318, P<0.05), GM-CSF level was positively correlated with NBNA score (r=0.338, P<0.05), and CCL5 level was negatively correlated with GM-CSF level (r=-0.359, P<0.05). One year follow-up showed that the GDS score of children with high expression of CCL5 was lower than that of children with low expression of CCL5, and the GDS score of children with high expression of GM-CSF was higher than that of children with low expression of GM-CSF (P<0.05). Conclusions The expression of serum CCL5 is up-regulated and that of GM-CSF is down-regulated in HIE. The levels of CCL5 and GM-CSF are related to the prognosis of HIE children, which may be used as potential markers to evaluate the prognosis of HIE children. |