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 …

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, EBV, HHV-6 and other factors may contribute to inflammation and autoimmunity in long COVID

A Vojdani, E Vojdani, E Saidara, M Maes - Viruses, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
A novel syndrome called long-haul COVID or long COVID is increasingly recognized in a
significant percentage of individuals within a few months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

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 …

Immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

J Chou, PG Thomas, AG Randolph - Nature immunology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Children and adolescents exhibit a broad range of clinical outcomes from SARS-CoV-2
infection, with the majority having minimal to mild symptoms. Additionally, some succumb to …

Studying severe long COVID to understand post-infectious disorders beyond COVID-19

P Brodin, G Casari, L Townsend, C O'Farrelly… - Nature medicine, 2022‏ - nature.com
To the Editor—As the COVID Human Genetic Effort consortium (https://www. covidhge.
com/), we have studied genetic and immunological determinants of life-threatening COVID …

Reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12–20 years in the USA who received a COVID-19 vaccine, December, 2020, through August …

AR Yousaf, MM Cortese, AW Taylor… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a hyperinflammatory
condition associated with antecedent SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the USA, reporting of MIS-C …

Polyclonal expansion of TCR Vβ 21.3+ CD4+ and CD8+ T cells is a hallmark of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

M Moreews, K Le Gouge, S Khaldi-Plassart… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a delayed and severe
complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infections in children: Understanding diverse outcomes

P Brodin - Immunity, 2022‏ - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infections mostly lead to mild or even asymptomatic infections in children, but
the reasons for this are not fully understood. More efficient local tissue responses, better …

Interfering with interferons: A critical mechanism for critical COVID-19 pneumonia

HC Su, H **g, Y Zhang… - Annual review of …, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in clinical outcomes ranging from silent or benign
infection in most individuals to critical pneumonia and death in a few. Genetic studies in …

COVID-19 and children

CA Pierce, KC Herold, BC Herold, J Chou, A Randolph… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
There has been substantial research on adult COVID-19 and how to treat it. But how do
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections afflict children …