Higher COVID-19 pneumonia risk associated with anti-IFN-α than with anti-IFN-ω auto-Abs in children

P Bastard, A Gervais, M Taniguchi, L Saare… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
We found that 19 (10.4%) of 183 unvaccinated children hospitalized for COVID-19
pneumonia had autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing type I IFNs (IFN-α2 in 10 patients …

Is post-COVID syndrome an autoimmune disease?

JM Anaya, M Herran, S Beltran… - Expert Review of Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is recognized as a new entity in the
context of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Though its pathogenesis is not completely understood …

Reconciling mouse and human immunology at the altar of genetics

P Gros, JL Casanova - Annual Review of Immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Immunity to infection has been extensively studied in humans and mice bearing naturally
occurring or experimentally introduced germline mutations. Mouse studies are sometimes …

[HTML][HTML] Immunologic memory to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent COVID-19 patients at 1 year postinfection

H Hou, Y Zhang, G Tang, Y Luo, W Liu, C Cheng… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Understanding the complexities of immune memory to severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is key to gain insights into the durability of protective …

Laboratory findings and biomarkers in Long COVID: what do we know so far? Insights into epidemiology, pathogenesis, therapeutic perspectives and challenges

D Tsilingiris, NG Vallianou, I Karampela… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long COVID (LC) encompasses a constellation of long-term symptoms experienced by at
least 10% of people after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, and so far it has affected about 65 …

A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes

P Bastard, KC Hsiao, Q Zhang, J Choin… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Globally, autosomal recessive IFNAR1 deficiency is a rare inborn error of immunity
underlying susceptibility to live attenuated vaccine and wild-type viruses. We report seven …

Coronavirus disease 2019 in patients with inborn errors of immunity: lessons learned

G Bucciol, SG Tangye, I Meyts - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2021 - journals.lww.com
We review the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large number of patients with IEI.
Overall, we found that combined immunodeficiencies, immune dysregulation disorders, and …

The intersection of COVID-19 and autoimmunity

JS Knight, R Caricchio, JL Casanova… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Acute COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is characterized by diverse clinical presentations,
ranging from asymptomatic infection to fatal respiratory failure, and often associated with …

Long COVID: Clinical characteristics, proposed pathogenesis and potential therapeutic targets

G Kenny, L Townsend, S Savinelli… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of persistent ill-health in the aftermath of SARS-CoV-2 infection has
presented significant challenges to patients, healthcare workers and researchers. Termed …

Increased incidence of rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19

JS Marín, EA Mazenett-Granados… - Autoimmunity …, 2023 - Elsevier
An increase in the incidence of inflammatory arthritis after COVID-19 has been reported.
Since many diseases exhibit population-specific causal effect sizes, we aimed to evaluate …