Targeting innate immunity by blocking CD14: Novel approach to control inflammation and organ dysfunction in COVID-19 illness

TR Martin, MM Wurfel, I Zanoni, R Ulevitch - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes severe respiratory failure due in large part to viral tropism for
the ACE2 protein on the surface of alveolar epithelial and vascular endothelial cells …

In the eye of the COVID-19 cytokine storm

N Vaninov - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and robust cytokine storm are the hallmark of
severe COVID-19 cases. Using single-cell RNA sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid …

Humoral immune responses in COVID-19 patients: a window on the state of the art

G Siracusano, C Pastori, L Lopalco - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The novel SARS-CoV-2 is a recently emerging virus causing a human pandemic. A great
variety of symptoms associated with COVID-19 disease, ranging from mild to severe …

Th17 cell based vaccines in mucosal immunity

P Kumar, K Chen, JK Kolls - Current opinion in immunology, 2013 - Elsevier
Vaccination is proven to be effective in controlling many infections including small pox,
influenza and hepatitis, but strain-specific factors may limit vaccine efficacy. All of these …

Upper airway gene expression reveals suppressed immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 compared with other respiratory viruses

E Mick, J Kamm, AO Pisco, K Ratnasiri… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by peak viral load in the upper airway prior to or at
the time of symptom onset, an unusual feature that has enabled widespread transmission of …

IL-33 in COVID-19: friend or foe?

Y Liang, Y Ge, J Sun - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the highly transmissible and pathogenic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR-CoV-2), has led to more than 2.7 million deaths …

Immunity elicited by natural infection or Ad26. COV2. S vaccination protects hamsters against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

LH Tostanoski, J Yu, NB Mercado… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern have
emerged and may pose a threat to both the efficacy of vaccines based on the original …

AI-guided discovery of the invariant host response to viral pandemics

D Sahoo, GD Katkar, S Khandelwal, M Behroozikhah… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) continues to challenge the limits
of our knowledge and our healthcare system. Here we sought to define the host immune …

Immuno-epidemiology and pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

OA Olwenyi, SR Dyavar, A Acharya, AT Podany… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Occasional zoonotic viral attacks on immunologically naive populations result in massive
death tolls that are capable of threatening human survival. Currently, severe acute …

Immunity to SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned

J Fergie, A Srivastava - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the year since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) and with understanding of the etiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …