Gene–environment interactions and their impact on human health

SJ Virolainen, A VonHandorf, KCMF Viel… - Genes & …, 2023 - nature.com
The molecular processes underlying human health and disease are highly complex. Often,
genetic and environmental factors contribute to a given disease or phenotype in a non …

[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 …

Inborn errors of OAS–RNase L in SARS-CoV-2–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

D Lee, J Le Pen, A Yatim, B Dong, Y Aquino, M Ogishi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare and severe condition that
follows benign COVID-19. We report autosomal recessive deficiencies of OAS1, OAS2, or …

Persistent serum protein signatures define an inflammatory subcategory of long COVID

A Talla, SV Vasaikar, GL Szeto, MP Lemos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) is a clinical syndrome featuring
diverse symptoms that can persist for months following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The …

SARS-CoV-2 and innate immunity: the good, the bad, and the “goldilocks”

BL Sievers, MTK Cheng, K Csiba, B Meng… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
An ancient conflict between hosts and pathogens has driven the innate and adaptive arms of
immunity. Knowledge about this interplay can not only help us identify biological …

Interfering with interferons: A critical mechanism for critical COVID-19 pneumonia

HC Su, H Jing, Y Zhang… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in clinical outcomes ranging from silent or benign
infection in most individuals to critical pneumonia and death in a few. Genetic studies in …

Innate immunity, cytokine storm, and inflammatory cell death in COVID-19

R Karki, TD Kanneganti - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The innate immune system serves as the first line of defense against invading pathogens;
however, dysregulated innate immune responses can induce aberrant inflammation that is …

[HTML][HTML] Humans with inherited MyD88 and IRAK-4 deficiencies are predisposed to hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia

A García-García, R Pérez de Diego, C Flores… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Disclosures: C. Flores reported grants from Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of
Science and Innovation, and Cabildo Insular de Tenerife outside the submitted work. J …

Innate immunity in protection and pathogenesis during coronavirus infections and COVID-19

RKS Malireddi, BR Sharma… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the recently emerged β-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
SARS-CoV-2 has had a catastrophic impact, resulting in nearly 7 million fatalities worldwide …

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 …