The immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19

M Merad, CA Blish, F Sallusto, A Iwasaki - Science, 2022 - science.org
Considerable research effort has been made worldwide to decipher the immune response
triggered upon severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections …

Pathological sequelae of long-haul COVID

S Mehandru, M Merad - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The world continues to contend with successive waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19), fueled by the emergence of viral variants. At the same time, persistent, prolonged and …

FcγR-mediated SARS-CoV-2 infection of monocytes activates inflammation

C Junqueira, Â Crespo, S Ranjbar, LB De Lacerda… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 can cause acute respiratory distress and death in some patients. Although
severe COVID-19 is linked to substantial inflammation, how SARS-CoV-2 triggers …

Immunological mechanisms of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 in humans

M Sadarangani, A Marchant… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Most COVID-19 vaccines are designed to elicit immune responses, ideally neutralizing
antibodies (NAbs), against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Several vaccines, including …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology

E Sefik, R Qu, C Junqueira, E Kaffe, H Mirza, J Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe COVID-19 is characterized by persistent lung inflammation, inflammatory cytokine
production, viral RNA and a sustained interferon (IFN) response, all of which are …

New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

SE Chang, A Feng, W Meng, SA Apostolidis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including autoimmune
features and autoantibody production. Here we develop three protein arrays to measure IgG …

Inflammasome activation at the crux of severe COVID-19

SM Vora, J Lieberman, H Wu - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), results in life-threatening disease in a minority of patients, especially elderly …

Beyond neutralization: Fc-dependent antibody effector functions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Zhang, HD Stacey, MR D'Agostino, Y Tugg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neutralizing antibodies are known to have a crucial role in protecting against SARS-CoV-2
infection and have been suggested to be a useful correlate of protection for vaccine clinical …

Immune dysregulation and immunopathology induced by SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses—are we our own worst enemy?

LYR Wong, S Perlman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Human coronaviruses cause a wide spectrum of disease, ranging from mild common colds
to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Three highly pathogenic human …

Global absence and targeting of protective immune states in severe COVID-19

AJ Combes, T Courau, NF Kuhn, KH Hu, A Ray… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Although infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
pleiotropic and systemic effects in some individuals,–, many others experience milder …