Cells,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(5), P. 439 - 439
Published: March 2, 2024
Sepsis,
a
critical
condition
marked
by
systemic
inflammation,
profoundly
impacts
both
innate
and
adaptive
immunity,
often
resulting
in
lymphopenia.
This
immune
alteration
can
spare
regulatory
T
cells
(Tregs)
but
significantly
affects
other
lymphocyte
subsets,
leading
to
diminished
effector
functions,
altered
cytokine
profiles,
metabolic
changes.
The
complexity
of
sepsis
stems
not
only
from
its
pathophysiology
also
the
heterogeneity
patient
responses,
posing
significant
challenges
developing
universally
effective
therapies.
review
emphasizes
importance
phenotyping
enhance
patient-specific
diagnostic
therapeutic
strategies.
Phenotyping
cells,
which
categorizes
patients
based
on
clinical
immunological
characteristics,
is
pivotal
for
tailoring
treatment
approaches.
Flow
cytometry
emerges
as
crucial
tool
this
endeavor,
offering
rapid,
low
cost
detailed
analysis
cell
populations
their
functional
states.
Indeed,
technology
facilitates
understanding
dysfunctions
contributes
identification
novel
biomarkers.
Our
underscores
potential
integrating
flow
with
omics
data,
machine
learning
observations
refine
management,
highlighting
shift
towards
personalized
medicine
care.
approach
could
lead
more
precise
interventions,
improving
outcomes
heterogeneously
affected
population.
Cell,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
183(6), P. 1479 - 1495.e20
Published: Oct. 28, 2020
We
present
an
integrated
analysis
of
the
clinical
measurements,
immune
cells,
and
plasma
multi-omics
139
COVID-19
patients
representing
all
levels
disease
severity,
from
serial
blood
draws
collected
during
first
week
infection
following
diagnosis.
identify
a
major
shift
between
mild
moderate
disease,
at
which
point
elevated
inflammatory
signaling
is
accompanied
by
loss
specific
classes
metabolites
metabolic
processes.
Within
this
stressed
environment
multiple
unusual
cell
phenotypes
emerge
amplify
with
increasing
severity.
condensed
over
120,000
features
into
single
axis
to
capture
how
different
coordinate
in
response
SARS-CoV-2.
This
immune-response
independently
aligns
composition
changes,
metrics
clotting,
sharp
transition
disease.
study
suggests
that
may
provide
most
effective
setting
for
therapeutic
intervention.
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
9(6), P. 622 - 642
Published: May 7, 2021
The
zoonotic
SARS-CoV-2
virus
that
causes
COVID-19
continues
to
spread
worldwide,
with
devastating
consequences.
While
the
medical
community
has
gained
insight
into
epidemiology
of
COVID-19,
important
questions
remain
about
clinical
complexities
and
underlying
mechanisms
disease
phenotypes.
Severe
most
commonly
involves
respiratory
manifestations,
although
other
systems
are
also
affected,
acute
is
often
followed
by
protracted
complications.
Such
complex
manifestations
suggest
dysregulates
host
response,
triggering
wide-ranging
immuno-inflammatory,
thrombotic,
parenchymal
derangements.
We
review
intricacies
pathophysiology,
its
various
phenotypes,
anti-SARS-CoV-2
response
at
humoral
cellular
levels.
Some
similarities
exist
between
failure
origins,
but
evidence
for
many
distinctive
mechanistic
features
indicates
constitutes
a
new
entity,
emerging
data
suggesting
involvement
an
endotheliopathy-centred
pathophysiology.
Further
research,
combining
basic
studies,
needed
advance
understanding
pathophysiological
characterise
immuno-inflammatory
derangements
across
range
phenotypes
enable
optimum
care
patients
COVID-19.
PLoS Pathogens,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. e1009195 - e1009195
Published: Jan. 19, 2021
SARS-CoV-2
emerged
in
late
2019
and
resulted
the
ongoing
COVID-19
pandemic.
Several
animal
models
have
been
rapidly
developed
that
recapitulate
asymptomatic
to
moderate
disease
spectrum.
Now,
there
is
a
direct
need
for
additional
small
study
pathogenesis
of
severe
fast-tracked
medical
countermeasure
development.
Here,
we
show
transgenic
mice
expressing
human
receptor
(angiotensin-converting
enzyme
2
[hACE2])
under
cytokeratin
18
promoter
(K18)
are
susceptible
infection
dose-dependent
lethal
course.
After
inoculation
with
either
104
TCID50
or
105
TCID50,
rapid
weight
loss
both
groups
uniform
lethality
group.
High
levels
viral
RNA
shedding
were
observed
from
upper
lower
respiratory
tract
intermittent
was
intestinal
tract.
Inoculation
high
infectious
virus
titers
nasal
turbinates,
trachea
lungs.
The
interstitial
pneumonia
pulmonary
pathology,
replication
evident
pneumocytes,
similar
reported
cases
COVID-19.
macrophage
lymphocyte
infiltration
lungs
upregulation
Th1
proinflammatory
cytokines/chemokines.
Extrapulmonary
cerebral
cortex
hippocampus
several
animals
at
7
DPI
but
not
3
DPI.
inflammatory
response
pathology
bears
resemblance
Additionally,
demonstrate
mild
course
can
be
simulated
by
low
dose
102
SARS-CoV-2,
resulting
minimal
clinical
manifestation
near
survival.
Taken
together,
these
data
support
future
application
this
model
studies
Cellular and Molecular Immunology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
18(3), P. 604 - 612
Published: Oct. 15, 2020
The
relationship
between
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2)
and
host
immunity
is
poorly
understood.
We
performed
an
extensive
analysis
of
immune
responses
in
32
patients
with
COVID-19,
some
whom
succumbed.
A
control
population
healthy
subjects
was
included.
Patients
COVID-19
had
altered
distribution
peripheral
blood
lymphocytes,
increased
proportion
mature
natural
killer
(NK)
cells
low
T-cell
numbers.
NK
CD8+
T
overexpressed
immunoglobulin
mucin
domain-3
(TIM-3)
CD69.
cell
exhaustion
attested
by
frequencies
programmed
death
protein
1
(PD-1)
positive
reduced
group
2
member
D
(NKG2D)-,
DNAX
accessory
molecule-1
(DNAM-1)-
sialic
acid-binding
Ig-like
lectin
7
(Siglec-7)-expressing
cells,
associated
a
ability
to
secrete
interferon
(IFN)γ.
poor
outcome
showed
contraction
immature
CD56bright
expansion
CD57+
FcεRIγneg
adaptive
compared
survivors.
Increased
serum
levels
IL-6
were
also
more
frequently
identified
deceased
Of
note,
monocytes
secreted
abundant
quantities
IL-6,
IL-8,
IL-1β
which
persisted
at
lower
several
weeks
after
recovery
concomitant
normalization
CD69,
PD-1
TIM-3
expression
restoration
hyperactivated/exhausted
response
dominate
SARS-CoV-2
infection,
probably
driven
uncontrolled
secretion
inflammatory
cytokines
monocytes.
These
findings
unveil
unique
immunological
profile
that
will
help
design
effective
stage-specific
treatments
for
this
potentially
deadly
disease.
Vaccine,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
39(22), P. 3037 - 3049
Published: Feb. 25, 2021
This
is
a
Brighton
Collaboration
Case
Definition
of
the
term
"Multisystem
Inflammatory
Syndrome
in
Children
and
Adults
(MIS-C/A)"
to
be
utilized
evaluation
adverse
events
following
immunization.
The
case
definition
was
developed
by
topic
experts
convened
Coalition
for
Epidemic
Preparedness
Innovations
(CEPI)
context
active
development
vaccines
SARS-CoV-2.
format
followed,
including
an
exhaustive
review
literature,
develop
consensus
defined
levels
certainty.
document
underwent
peer
Network
selected
expert
external
reviewers
prior
submission.
comments
were
taken
into
consideration
edits
incorporated
this
final
manuscript.