Innate immunity: the first line of defense against SARS-CoV-2

MS Diamond, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, continues to cause substantial morbidity …

Immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

J Chou, PG Thomas, AG Randolph - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Children and adolescents exhibit a broad range of clinical outcomes from SARS-CoV-2
infection, with the majority having minimal to mild symptoms. Additionally, some succumb to …

Influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2: pathogenesis and host responses in the respiratory tract

T Flerlage, DF Boyd, V Meliopoulos… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of respiratory tract
infections that produce a wide spectrum of clinical disease severity in humans. The novel …

The 'cytokine storm': molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

R Karki, TD Kanneganti - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
Cytokine storm syndrome (CSS) has generally been described as a collection of clinical
manifestations resulting from an overactivated immune system. Cytokine storms (CSs) are …

Innate immune and inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2: Implications for COVID-19

SA Lowery, A Sariol, S Perlman - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
COVID-19 can result in severe disease characterized by significant immunopathology that is
spurred by an exuberant, yet dysregulated, innate immune response with a poor adaptive …

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 …

Impaired local intrinsic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection in severe COVID-19

CGK Ziegler, VN Miao, AH Owings, AW Navia, Y Tang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause severe respiratory COVID-19. However, many individuals
present with isolated upper respiratory symptoms, suggesting potential to constrain viral …

Host genetic factors determining COVID-19 susceptibility and severity

TP Velavan, SR Pallerla, J Rüter, Y Augustin… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity. SARS-CoV-2 infections …

[HTML][HTML] The interferon landscape along the respiratory tract impacts the severity of COVID-19

B Sposito, A Broggi, L Pandolfi, S Crotta, N Clementi… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by overproduction
of immune mediators, but the role of interferons (IFNs) of the type I (IFN-I) or type III (IFN-III) …

[HTML][HTML] A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity

DJ Ahern, Z Ai, M Ainsworth, C Allan, A Allcock… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Treatment of severe COVID-19 is currently limited by clinical heterogeneity and incomplete
description of specific immune biomarkers. We present here a comprehensive multi-omic …