The invention belongs to the technical field of biological
medicine, and particularly discloses application of CCL28 as a biomarker and a therapeutic target in
sepsis. The invention particularly relates to application of a CCL28
gene or a detection
reagent for the expression quantity of the CCL28
gene in preparation of a kit for diagnosis or prognosis monitoring of
sepsis. The expression of the novel immunomodulatory factor CCL28 in a
sepsis patient is obviously improved, and the expression level of the novel immunomodulatory factor CCL28 is in obvious
negative correlation with
poor prognosis of sepsis. Through CLP induction of a sepsis mouse model, the invention finds that the expression level of CCL28 in sepsis mouse blood,
abdominal cavity lavage fluid (PLF),
liver and kidney is significantly increased. By adopting the recombinant CCL28 for treatment, the bacterial load in the mice with sepsis can be remarkably reduced, and the multi-organ injury of the mice with sepsis can be reduced, so that the
survival rate of the mice with sepsis can be remarkably improved. In conclusion, the invention explores a novel
immunomodulatory protein CCL28, and the novel
immunomodulatory protein CCL28 not only can be used as a diagnosis and
prognosis biomarker of sepsis, but also can be used as a novel target spot for treating sepsis.