The COVID-19 puzzle: deciphering pathophysiology and phenotypes of a new disease entity

MF Osuchowski, MS Winkler, T Skirecki… - The Lancet …, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
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 the …

Immune senescence, immunosenescence and aging

KA Lee, RR Flores, IH Jang, A Saathoff… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
With aging, there is increased dysfunction of both innate and adaptive immune responses,
which contributes to impaired immune responses to pathogens and greater mortality and …

Monocytes and Macrophages in COVID-19

R Knoll, JL Schultze, J Schulte-Schrep** - Frontiers in immunology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is a contagious viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that led to an ongoing
pandemic with massive global health and socioeconomic consequences. The disease is …

[HTML][HTML] Human neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 require intact Fc effector functions for optimal therapeutic protection

ES Winkler, P Gilchuk, J Yu, AL Bailey, RE Chen… - Cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 has caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. Although passively delivered
neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 show promise in clinical trials, their mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] The signaling pathways and therapeutic potential of itaconate to alleviate inflammation and oxidative stress in inflammatory diseases

X Shi, H Zhou, J Wei, W Mo, Q Li, X Lv - Redox biology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Endogenous small molecules are metabolic regulators of cell function. Itaconate is a key
molecule that accumulates in cells when the Krebs cycle is disrupted. Itaconate is derived …

SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and proteomic trajectories inform prognostication in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care

C Gutmann, K Takov, SA Burnap, B Singh, H Ali… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Prognostic characteristics inform risk stratification in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We obtained blood samples (n= 474) from …

[HTML][HTML] Time-resolved systems immunology reveals a late juncture linked to fatal COVID-19

C Liu, AJ Martins, WW Lau, N Rachmaninoff, J Chen… - Cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
COVID-19 exhibits extensive patient-to-patient heterogeneity. To link immune response
variation to disease severity and outcome over time, we longitudinally assessed circulating …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 suppresses IFNβ production mediated by NSP1, 5, 6, 15, ORF6 and ORF7b but does not suppress the effects of added interferon

M Shemesh, TE Aktepe, JM Deerain, JL McAuley… - PLoS …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Type I Interferons (IFN-Is) are a family of cytokines which play a major role in inhibiting viral
infection. Resultantly, many viruses have evolved mechanisms in which to evade the IFN-I …

Deep immune profiling of MIS-C demonstrates marked but transient immune activation compared with adult and pediatric COVID-19

LA Vella, JR Giles, AE Baxter, DA Oldridge… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated
with fewer hospitalizations and often milder disease than in adults. A subset of children …

Sensing of SARS-CoV-2 by pDCs and their subsequent production of IFN-I contribute to macrophage-induced cytokine storm during COVID-19

P Laurent, C Yang, AF Rendeiro… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Lung-infiltrating macrophages create a marked inflammatory milieu in a subset of patients
with COVID-19 by producing a cytokine storm, which correlates with increased lethality …