The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions?

RJ Boyton, DM Altmann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
An important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to understand
asymptomatic disease and the extent to which this may be a source of transmission. As …

Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts

JW Guarnieri, JM Dybas, H Fazelinia, MS Kim… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral proteins bind to host
mitochondrial proteins, likely inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and stimulating …

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 …

Heterologous infection and vaccination shapes immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

CJ Reynolds, JM Gibbons, C Pade, KM Lin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The impact of the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infecting strain on downstream immunity to heterologous variants of concern (VOCs) is …

Transcriptional reprogramming from innate immune functions to a pro-thrombotic signature by monocytes in COVID-19

AK Maher, KL Burnham, EM Jones, MMH Tan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although alterations in myeloid cells have been observed in COVID-19, the specific
underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. Here, we examine the function of …

Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptomic and epigenomic impacts on the maternal–fetal interface following SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Gao, V Mathur, SKM Tam, X Zhou, MF Cheung… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
During pregnancy the maternal–fetal interface plays vital roles in fetal development. Its
disruption is frequently found in pregnancy complications. Recent studies show increased …

[HTML][HTML] T cell control of SARS-CoV-2: When, which, and where?

MO Diniz, MK Maini, L Swadling - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient immune protection against viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 requires the coordinated
activity of innate immunity, B and T cells. Accumulating data point to a critical role for T cells …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid synchronous type 1 IFN and virus-specific T cell responses characterize first wave non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infections

A Chandran, J Rosenheim, G Nageswaran… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 infection on primary exposure may reveal correlates of
protective immunity to future variants, but we lack insights into immune responses before or …

SARS-CoV-2 human challenge reveals biomarkers that discriminate early and late phases of respiratory viral infections

J Rosenheim, RK Gupta, C Thakker, T Mann… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Blood transcriptional biomarkers of acute viral infections typically reflect type 1 interferon
(IFN) signalling, but it is not known whether there are biological differences in their …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted down regulation of core mitochondrial genes during SARS-CoV-2 infection

JW Guarnieri, JM Dybas, H Fazelinia, MS Kim, J Frere… - BioRxiv, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Defects in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) have been reported in COVID-
19 patients, but the timing and organs affected vary among reports. Here, we reveal the …