Critical Care,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
26(1)
Published: May 30, 2022
Abstract
Background
A
dysregulated
immune
response
is
emerging
as
a
key
feature
of
critical
illness
in
COVID-19.
Neutrophils
are
components
early
innate
immunity
that,
if
not
tightly
regulated,
contribute
to
uncontrolled
systemic
inflammation.
We
sought
decipher
the
role
neutrophil
phenotypes,
functions,
and
homeostasis
COVID-19
disease
severity
outcome.
Methods
By
using
flow
cytometry,
this
longitudinal
study
compares
peripheral
whole-blood
neutrophils
from
90
ICU
patients
with
those
22
SARS-CoV-2-negative
hospitalized
for
severe
community-acquired
pneumonia
(CAP)
38
healthy
controls.
also
assessed
correlations
between
these
phenotypic
functional
indicators
markers
endothelial
damage
well
severity.
Results
At
admission,
circulating
showed
continuous
basal
hyperactivation
seen
CAP
patients,
associated
higher
levels
soluble
E-
P-selectin,
which
reflect
platelet
activation.
Furthermore,
had
expanded
aged-angiogenic
reverse
transmigrated
subsets—both
involved
dysfunction
vascular
Simultaneously,
significantly
lower
oxidative
burst
bacterial
formyl
peptide.
Moreover
dying
expansion
subset
greater
impairment
than
survivors.
Conclusions
These
data
suggest
that
exhaustion
may
be
pathogenesis
identify
angiogenic
potentially
harmful
fatal
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Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
375(6585), P. 1122 - 1127
Published: March 10, 2022
Considerable
research
effort
has
been
made
worldwide
to
decipher
the
immune
response
triggered
upon
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
infections,
identify
drivers
of
and
fatal
COVID-19,
understand
what
leads
prolongation
symptoms
after
disease
resolution.
We
review
results
almost
years
COVID-19
immunology
discuss
definitive
findings
remaining
questions
regarding
our
understanding
pathophysiology.
emerging
differences
in
responses
seen
those
with
without
Long
Covid
syndrome,
also
known
as
post-acute
sequelae
SARS-CoV-2.
hope
that
knowledge
gained
from
this
will
be
applied
studies
inflammatory
processes
involved
critical
chronic
illnesses,
which
remain
a
major
unmet
need.
BMC Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
20(1)
Published: Jan. 14, 2022
Severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
is
a
highly
infectious
virus
which
responsible
for
the
disease
2019
(COVID-19)
pandemic.
It
increasingly
clear
that
recovered
individuals,
even
those
who
had
mild
COVID-19,
can
suffer
from
persistent
symptoms
many
months
after
infection,
condition
referred
to
as
"long
COVID",
post-acute
sequelae
of
COVID-19
(PASC),
syndrome,
or
post
condition.
However,
despite
plethora
research
on
relatively
little
known
about
molecular
underpinnings
these
long-term
effects.We
have
undertaken
an
integrated
analysis
immune
responses
in
blood
at
transcriptional,
cellular,
and
serological
level
12,
16,
24
weeks
post-infection
(wpi)
69
patients
recovering
mild,
moderate,
severe,
critical
comparison
healthy
uninfected
controls.
Twenty-one
were
long
COVID
clinic
>
50%
reported
ongoing
more
than
6
post-infection.Anti-Spike
anti-RBD
IgG
largely
stable
up
wpi
correlated
with
severity.
Deep
immunophenotyping
revealed
significant
differences
multiple
innate
(NK
cells,
LD
neutrophils,
CXCR3+
monocytes)
adaptive
populations
(T
helper,
T
follicular
regulatory
cells)
convalescent
individuals
compared
controls,
most
strongly
evident
12
16
wpi.
RNA
sequencing
perturbations
gene
expression
convalescents
until
least
post-infection.
We
also
uncovered
transcriptome
not.Variation
rate
recovery
infection
cellular
transcriptional
may
explain
persistence
associated
some
individuals.
Nature Medicine,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
28(1), P. 201 - 211
Published: Nov. 15, 2021
Abstract
Although
critical
for
host
defense,
innate
immune
cells
are
also
pathologic
drivers
of
acute
respiratory
distress
syndrome
(ARDS).
Innate
dynamics
during
Coronavirus
Disease
2019
(COVID-19)
ARDS,
compared
to
ARDS
from
other
pathogens,
is
unclear.
Moreover,
mechanisms
underlying
the
beneficial
effects
dexamethasone
severe
COVID-19
remain
elusive.
Using
single-cell
RNA
sequencing
and
plasma
proteomics,
we
discovered
that,
bacterial
was
associated
with
expansion
distinct
neutrophil
states
characterized
by
interferon
(IFN)
prostaglandin
signaling.
Dexamethasone
affected
circulating
neutrophils,
altered
IFN
active
downregulated
interferon-stimulated
genes
activated
IL-1R2
+
neutrophils.
expanded
immunosuppressive
immature
neutrophils
remodeled
cellular
interactions
changing
information
receivers
into
providers.
Male
patients
had
higher
proportions
preferential
steroid-induced
expansion,
potentially
affecting
outcomes.
Our
atlas
(see
‘Data
availability’
section)
defines
COVID-19-enriched
molecular
action
develop
targeted
immunotherapies
COVID-19.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Jan. 21, 2022
Abstract
Dysregulated
immune
responses
against
the
SARS-CoV-2
virus
are
instrumental
in
severe
COVID-19.
However,
signatures
associated
with
immunopathology
poorly
understood.
Here
we
use
multi-omics
single-cell
analysis
to
probe
dynamic
hospitalized
patients
stable
or
progressive
course
of
COVID-19,
explore
V(D)J
repertoires,
and
assess
cellular
effects
tocilizumab.
Coordinated
profiling
gene
expression
cell
lineage
protein
markers
shows
that
S100A
hi
/HLA-DR
lo
classical
monocytes
activated
LAG-3
T
cells
hallmarks
disease
highlights
abnormal
MHC-II/LAG-3
interaction
on
myeloid
cells,
respectively.
We
also
find
skewed
receptor
repertories
expanded
effector
CD8
+
clones,
unmutated
IGHG
B
mutated
clones
somatic
hypermutation
frequency
over
time.
In
conclusion,
our
in-depth
reveals
dyssynchrony
innate
adaptive
Science Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(674)
Published: Sept. 22, 2022
Obesity,
characterized
by
chronic
low-grade
inflammation
of
the
adipose
tissue,
is
associated
with
adverse
coronavirus
disease
2019
(COVID-19)
outcomes,
yet
underlying
mechanism
unknown.
To
explore
whether
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
infection
tissue
contributes
to
pathogenesis,
we
evaluated
COVID-19
autopsy
cases
and
deeply
profiled
response
SARS-CoV-2
in
vitro.
In
cases,
identified
RNA
adipocytes
an
inflammatory
infiltrate.
We
two
distinct
cellular
targets
infection:
a
subset
tissue-resident
macrophages.
Mature
were
permissive
infection;
although
macrophages
abortively
infected,
initiated
responses
within
both
infected
bystander
preadipocytes.
These
data
suggest
that
could
contribute
severity
through
replication
virus
induction
local
systemic
driven
The Journal of Experimental Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
221(6)
Published: April 10, 2024
Early
stages
of
deadly
respiratory
diseases
including
COVID-19
are
challenging
to
elucidate
in
humans.
Here,
we
define
cellular
tropism
and
transcriptomic
effects
SARS-CoV-2
virus
by
productively
infecting
healthy
human
lung
tissue
using
scRNA-seq
reconstruct
the
transcriptional
program
“infection
pseudotime”
for
individual
cell
types.
predominantly
infected
activated
interstitial
macrophages
(IMs),
which
can
accumulate
thousands
viral
RNA
molecules,
taking
over
60%
transcriptome
forming
dense
bodies
while
inducing
host
profibrotic
(TGFB1,
SPP1)
inflammatory
(early
interferon
response,
CCL2/7/8/13,
CXCL10,
IL6/10)
programs
destroying
architecture.
Infected
alveolar
(AMs)
showed
none
these
extreme
responses.
Spike-dependent
entry
into
AMs
used
ACE2
Sialoadhesin/CD169,
whereas
IM
DC-SIGN/CD209.
These
results
identify
IMs
as
a
prominent
site
takeover,
focus
inflammation
fibrosis,
suggest
targeting
CD209
prevent
early
pathology
pneumonia.
This
approach
be
generalized
any
infection
evaluate
therapeutics.
Science Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(783)
Published: Jan. 29, 2025
At
this
stage
in
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
most
infections
are
"breakthrough"
that
occur
individuals
with
prior
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
exposure.
To
refine
long-term
vaccine
strategies
against
emerging
variants,
we
examined
both
innate
and
adaptive
immunity
breakthrough
infections.
We
performed
single-cell
transcriptomic,
proteomic,
functional
profiling
of
primary
to
compare
immune
responses
from
unvaccinated
vaccinated
during
SARS-CoV-2
Delta
wave.
Breakthrough
were
characterized
by
a
less
activated
transcriptomic
profile
monocytes
natural
killer
cells,
induction
pathways
limiting
monocyte
migratory
potential
cell
proliferation.
Furthermore,
observed
female-specific
increase
proteomic
activation
multiple
subsets
These
insights
suggest
vaccination
prevents
overactivation
discernible
sex-specific
patterns
underscore
harnessing
vaccines
mitigating
pathologic
resulting
overactivation.