Risk factors of severe COVID-19: a review of host, viral and environmental factors

L Zsichla, V Müller - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

In search of a pan-coronavirus vaccine: Next-generation vaccine design and immune mechanisms

S Cankat, MU Demael, L Swadling - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Members of the coronaviridae family are endemic to human populations and have caused
several epidemics and pandemics in recent history. In this review, we will discuss the …

Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2

L Swadling, MO Diniz, NM Schmidt, OE Amin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Individuals with potential exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) do not necessarily develop PCR or antibody positivity, suggesting that some …

Human coronavirus OC43-elicited CD4+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 in HLA transgenic mice

RP dos Santos Alves, J Timis, R Miller… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells are detected in some healthy unexposed individuals.
Human studies indicate these T cells could be elicited by the common cold coronavirus …

Airway-resident T cells from unexposed individuals cross-recognize SARS-CoV-2

MO Diniz, E Mitsi, L Swadling, J Rylance… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
T cells can contribute to clearance of respiratory viruses that cause acute-resolving
infections such as SARS-CoV-2, hel** to provide long-lived protection against disease …

Coronavirus disease 2019 in children

M Borrelli, A Corcione, F Castellano… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since its appearance in Wuhan in mid-December 2019, acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) related 19 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread …

Functional SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive CD4+ T cells established in early childhood decline with age

M Humbert, A Olofsson, D Wullimann, J Niessl… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Pre-existing SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells have been identified in SARS-CoV-2-unexposed
individuals, potentially modulating COVID-19 and vaccination outcomes. Here, we provide …

Cross-protection induced by highly conserved human B, CD4+, and CD8+ T-cell epitopes-based vaccine against severe infection, disease, and death caused by …

S Prakash, NR Dhanushkodi, L Zayou… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created one of the
largest global health crises in almost a century. Although the current rate of Severe acute …

SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses can originate from cross-reactive CMV-specific T cells

CR Pothast, RC Dijkland, M Thaler, RS Hagedoorn… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Detection of SARS-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in SARS-
CoV-2-unexposed donors has been explained by the presence of T cells primed by other …

SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells in unexposed adults display broad trafficking potential and cross-react with commensal antigens

L Bartolo, S Afroz, YG Pan, R Xu, L Williams… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The baseline composition of T cells directly affects later response to pathogens, but the
complexity of precursor states remains poorly defined. Here, we examined the baseline state …