[HTML][HTML] Severe immunosuppression and not a cytokine storm characterizes COVID-19 infections

KE Remy, M Mazer, DA Striker, AH Ellebedy… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19–associated morbidity and mortality have been attributed to a pathologic host
response. Two divergent hypotheses have been proposed: hyperinflammatory cytokine …

Dysregulated innate and adaptive immune responses discriminate disease severity in COVID-19

NAF Janssen, I Grondman… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The clinical spectrum of COVID-19 varies and the differences in host response
characterizing this variation have not been fully elucidated. COVID-19 disease severity …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine profile in plasma of severe COVID-19 does not differ from ARDS and sepsis

JG Wilson, LJ Simpson, AM Ferreira, A Rustagi… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines have been associated with poor
outcomes among COVID-19 patients. It is unknown, however, how these levels compare …

A dynamic immune response shapes COVID-19 progression

EZ Ong, YFZ Chan, WY Leong, NMY Lee… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
The inflammatory response to SARS-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is thought to
underpin COVID-19 pathogenesis. We conducted daily transcriptomic profiling of three …

Impaired immune cell cytotoxicity in severe COVID-19 is IL-6 dependent

A Mazzoni, L Salvati, L Maggi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease
caused by SARS-CoV-2. Antiviral immune response is crucial to achieve pathogen …

Upregulated type I interferon responses in asymptomatic COVID-19 infection are associated with improved clinical outcome

KI Masood, M Yameen, J Ashraf, S Shahid… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding key host protective mechanisms against SARS-CoV-2 infection can help
improve treatment modalities for COVID-19. We used a blood transcriptome approach to …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell sequencing of peripheral mononuclear cells reveals distinct immune response landscapes of COVID-19 and influenza patients

L Zhu, P Yang, Y Zhao, Z Zhuang, Z Wang, R Song… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a current world-wide
public health threat. However, little is known about its hallmarks compared to other infectious …

Distinct inflammatory profiles distinguish COVID-19 from influenza with limited contributions from cytokine storm

PA Mudd, JC Crawford, JS Turner, A Souquette… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
We pursued a study of immune responses in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and
influenza patients. Compared to patients with influenza, patients with COVID-19 exhibited …

Heightened circulating interferon-inducible chemokines, and activated pro-cytolytic Th1-cell phenotype features covid-19 aggravation in the second week of illness

C Tincati, ES Cannizzo, M Giacomelli… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Covid-19 features a delayed onset of critical illness occurring approximately one week from
the beginning of symptoms, which corresponds to the bridging of innate and adaptive …

SARS-CoV-2: a storm is raging

SF Pedersen, YC Ho - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The pandemic coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is rapidly spreading across the globe. In …