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 …

Mucosal immune responses to infection and vaccination in the respiratory tract

RC Mettelman, EK Allen, PG Thomas - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The lungs are constantly exposed to inhaled debris, allergens, pollutants, commensal or
pathogenic microorganisms, and respiratory viruses. As a result, innate and adaptive …

Sensing of SARS-CoV-2 by pDCs and their subsequent production of IFN-I contribute to macrophage-induced cytokine storm during COVID-19

P Laurent, C Yang, AF Rendeiro… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Lung-infiltrating macrophages create a marked inflammatory milieu in a subset of patients
with COVID-19 by producing a cytokine storm, which correlates with increased lethality …

Pathogenesis of respiratory viral and fungal coinfections

F Salazar, E Bignell, GD Brown, PC Cook… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Individuals suffering from severe viral respiratory tract infections have recently emerged as
“at risk” groups for developing invasive fungal infections. Influenza virus is one of the most …

Transitional dendritic cells are distinct from conventional DC2 precursors and mediate proinflammatory antiviral responses

FB Sulczewski, RA Maqueda-Alfaro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-dimensional approaches have revealed heterogeneity amongst dendritic cells (DCs),
including a population of transitional DCs (tDCs) in mice and humans. However, the origin …

The pathogenesis of coronavirus-19 disease

AC Borczuk, RK Yantiss - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causal
agent of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a systemic illness characterized by variably …

Type I interferons and SARS-CoV-2: from cells to organisms

P Bastard, Q Zhang, SY Zhang, E Jouanguy… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Type I interferons (IFNs) have broad and potent antiviral activity. We review the interplay
between type I IFNs and SARS-CoV-2. Human cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 in vitro …

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 …

TLR2 and TLR7 mediate distinct immunopathological and antiviral plasmacytoid dendritic cell responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

RM van der Sluis, LB Cham, A Gris‐Oliver… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Understanding the molecular pathways driving the acute antiviral and inflammatory
response to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is critical for developing treatments for severe COVID …

Severe COVID-19 patients have impaired plasmacytoid dendritic cell-mediated control of SARS-CoV-2

M Venet, MS Ribeiro, E Décembre, A Bellomo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Type I and III interferons (IFN-I/λ) are important antiviral mediators against SARS-CoV-2
infection. Here, we demonstrate that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) are the predominant …