Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

Q Zhang, P Bastard, A Cobat, JL Casanova - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection is benign in most individuals but, in around 10% of cases, it triggers
hypoxaemic COVID-19 pneumonia, which leads to critical illness in around 3% of cases …

Mechanisms of viral inflammation and disease in humans

JL Casanova, L Abel - Science, 2021 - science.org
Disease and accompanying inflammation are uncommon outcomes of viral infection in
humans. Clinical inflammation occurs if steady-state cell-intrinsic and leukocytic immunity to …

Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia

Q Zhang, D Matuozzo, J Le Pen, D Lee… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Recessive or dominant inborn errors of type I interferon (IFN) immunity can underlie critical
COVID-19 pneumonia in unvaccinated adults. The risk of COVID-19 pneumonia in …

[HTML][HTML] From rare disorders of immunity to common determinants of infection: Following the mechanistic thread

JL Casanova, L Abel - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The immense interindividual clinical variability during any infection is a long-standing
enigma. Inborn errors of IFN-γ and IFN-α/β immunity underlying rare infections with weakly …

[HTML][HTML] Early nasal type I IFN immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is compromised in patients with autoantibodies against type I IFNs

J Lopez, M Mommert, W Mouton, A Pizzorno… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
IFN-I and IFN-III immunity in the nasal mucosa is poorly characterized during SARS-CoV-2
infection. We analyze the nasal IFN-I/III signature, namely the expression of ISGF-3 …

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with critical influenza pneumonia

Q Zhang, A Pizzorno, L Miorin, P Bastard… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) can underlie critical COVID-19
pneumonia and yellow fever vaccine disease. We report here on 13 patients harboring …

Long 3′ UTRs predispose neurons to inflammation by promoting immunostimulatory double-stranded RNA formation

TJ Dorrity, H Shin, KA Wiegand, J Aruda… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Loss of RNA homeostasis underlies numerous neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory
diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms that trigger neuroinflammation are poorly …

X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in~ 1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19

T Asano, B Boisson, F Onodi, D Matuozzo… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Autosomal inborn errors of type I IFN immunity and autoantibodies against these cytokines
underlie at least 10% of critical COVID-19 pneumonia cases. We report very rare …

Interferon induction, evasion, and paradoxical roles during SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

C Chiale, TT Greene, EI Zuniga - Immunological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), has caused millions of deaths in the past two years …

Respiratory viral infections in otherwise healthy humans with inherited IRF7 deficiency

TM Campbell, Z Liu, Q Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Autosomal recessive IRF7 deficiency was previously reported in three patients with single
critical influenza or COVID-19 pneumonia episodes. The patients' fibroblasts and …