SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

MM Lamers, BL Haagmans - Nature reviews microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
caused a devastating pandemic. Although most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop …

Decoding Toll-like receptors: Recent insights and perspectives in innate immunity

T Kawai, M Ikegawa, D Ori, S Akira - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are an evolutionarily conserved family in the innate immune
system and are the first line of host defense against microbial pathogens by recognizing …

Innate immunity: the first line of defense against SARS-CoV-2

MS Diamond, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, continues to cause substantial morbidity …

The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19

JD Domizio, MF Gulen, F Saidoune, VV Thacker… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
COVID-19, which is caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2, is characterized by lung
pathology and extrapulmonary complications,. Type I interferons (IFNs) have an essential …

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 …

Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia

Q Zhang, P Bastard, A Cobat, JL Casanova - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection is benign in most individuals but, in around 10% of cases, it triggers
hypoxaemic COVID-19 pneumonia, which leads to critical illness in around 3% of cases …

The conne**on between sex and immune responses

KS Forsyth, N Jiwrajka, CD Lovell… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
There are notable sex-based differences in immune responses to pathogens and self-
antigens, with female individuals exhibiting increased susceptibility to various autoimmune …

Immunopathological signatures in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and pediatric COVID-19

K Sacco, R Castagnoli, S Vakkilainen, C Liu… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Pediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019 (pCOVID-19) is rarely severe; however, a
minority of children infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

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 infection in hamsters and humans results in lasting and unique systemic perturbations after recovery

JJ Frere, RA Serafini, KD Pryce, M Zazhytska… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The host response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection can result in prolonged pathologies collectively referred to as post-acute sequalae …