Innate receptor activation patterns involving TLR and NLR synergisms in COVID-19, ALI/ARDS and sepsis cytokine storms: a review and model making novel …

R Root-Bernstein - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe COVID-19 is characterized by a “cytokine storm”, the mechanism of which is not yet
understood. I propose that cytokine storms result from synergistic interactions among Toll …

From co-infections to autoimmune disease via hyperactivated innate immunity: COVID-19 autoimmune coagulopathies, autoimmune myocarditis and multisystem …

R Root-Bernstein - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neutrophilia and the production of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are two of many
measures of increased inflammation in severe COVID-19 that also accompany its …

Preexisting antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 S2 cross-react with commensal gut bacteria and impact COVID-19 vaccine induced immunity

L Jia, S Weng, J Wu, X Tian, Y Zhang, X Wang… - Gut …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The origins of preexisting SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive antibodies and their potential impacts
on vaccine efficacy have not been fully clarified. In this study, we demonstrated that S2 was …

An update on the mutual impact between SARS-CoV-2 infection and gut microbiota

S Li, Y Zhou, D Yan, Y Wan - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota is essential for good health. It has also been demonstrated that the gut
microbiota can regulate immune responses against respiratory tract infections. Since the …

Pneumococcal and influenza vaccination rates and pneumococcal invasive disease rates set geographical and ethnic population susceptibility to serious COVID-19 …

R Root-Bernstein - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study examines the relationship of pneumococcal vaccination rates, influenza, measles-
mumps-rubella (MMR) diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccinations (DTP), polio, Haemophilus …

T cell receptor sequences amplified during severe COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children mimic SARS-CoV-2, Its bacterial co-infections and …

R Root-Bernstein, E Churchill, S Oliverio - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Published hypervariable region V-beta T cell receptor (TCR) sequences were collected from
people with severe COVID-19 characterized by having various autoimmune complications …

Analysis of Measles and Rubella Immunoglobulin G Titers in COVID-19 Patients

E Başbulut, M Bilgin, H Işler, A Şen… - … and Healthcare Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The objective of this study is to compare the measles immunoglobulin G (IgG)
and rubella IgG levels in patient groups with mild and severe COVID-19 disease and reveal …

Stable Levels of Antibodies Against Unrelated Toxoid Vaccines After COVID-19: COVID-19 Infection Does Not Affect Toxoid Vaccine Antibody Levels

ST Jokiranta, S Miettinen, S Salonen… - Pathogens and …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Lymphopenia is common in COVID-19. This has raised concerns that COVID-
19 could affect the immune system akin to measles infection, which causes immune …

So few COVID-19 cases in Taiwan: has population immune health played a role?

WT Chiu, J Scholl, YCJ Li, J Wu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Taiwan and China have very close ties, with more than 400,000 Taiwanese citizens working
there. It was thus expected that Taiwan would be one of the hardest hit countries in the world …

Pre-existing antibodies targeting a linear epitope on SARS-CoV-2 S2 cross-reacted with commensal gut bacteria and shaped vaccine induced immunity

L Jia, S Weng, J Wu, X Tian, Y Zhang, X Wang, J Wang… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The origins of pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive antibodies and their potential
impacts on vaccine efficacy have not been fully clarified. In this study, we demonstrated that …