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| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: 10.1126/science.abc6261 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 0036-8075 BibTeX citation key: Arunachalam2020 View all bibliographic details |
Categories: BioAcyl Corp, Zotero Subcategories: COVID-19 Creators: Alaaeddine, Anderson, Arunachalam, Bosinger, Bristow, Chan, Chik, Choi, Coller, Edupuganti, Feng, Hagan, Huerta, Kazmin, Khatri, Leung, Lv, Maecker, Mok, Paine McCullough, Peiris, Pellegrini, Perera, Pulendran, Rouphael, Scott, Sigal, Tak-Yin Tsang, Upadhyay, Wagh, Wimmers Collection: Science |
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COVID-19 represents a global crisis, yet major knowledge gaps remain about human immunity to SARS-CoV-2. We 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-cell transcriptomics revealed no type-I IFN, reduced HLA-DR in myeloid cells of severe patients, and transient expression of IFN-stimulated genes. This was consistent with bulk PBMC transcriptomics, and transient, low plasma IFN-α levels during infection. These results reveal mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19.
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