Single-cell landscape of bronchoalveolar immune cells in patients with COVID-19.
Nat Med
; 26(6): 842-844, 2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1900503
ABSTRACT
Respiratory immune characteristics associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity are currently unclear. We characterized bronchoalveolar lavage fluid immune cells from patients with varying severity of COVID-19 and from healthy people by using single-cell RNA sequencing. Proinflammatory monocyte-derived macrophages were abundant in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with severe COVID-9. Moderate cases were characterized by the presence of highly clonally expanded CD8+ T cells. This atlas of the bronchoalveolar immune microenvironment suggests potential mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and recovery in COVID-19.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Single-Cell Analysis
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Med
Journal subject:
Molecular Biology
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Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41591-020-0901-9
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