研究
[Science] Systems biological assessment of immunity to mild versus severe COVID-19 infection in humans
Science, 11 August 2020
Highlights:
- Analyzed immune responses in 76 COVID-19 patients and 69 healthy individuals from Hong Kong and Atlanta.
- In PBMCs of COVID-19 patients, there was reduced expression of HLA-DR and pro-inflammatory cytokines by myeloid cells, and impaired mTOR-signaling and IFN-α production by plasmacytoid DCs.
- In contrast, there were enhanced plasma levels of inflammatory mediators, including EN-RAGE, TNFSF14, and oncostatin-M, which correlated with disease severity and increased bacterial products in human plasma. Single