Molecular and cellular immune features of aged patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
Commun Biol
; 5(1): 590, 2022 06 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1960513
ABSTRACT
Aging is a major risk factor for developing severe COVID-19, but few detailed data are available concerning immunological changes after infection in aged individuals. Here we describe main immune characteristics in 31 patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection who were >70 years old, compared to 33 subjects <60 years of age. Differences in plasma levels of 62 cytokines, landscape of peripheral blood mononuclear cells, T cell repertoire, transcriptome of central memory CD4+ T cells, specific antibodies are reported along with features of lung macrophages. Elderly subjects have higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, more circulating plasmablasts, reduced plasmatic level of anti-S and anti-RBD IgG3 antibodies, lower proportions of central memory CD4+ T cells, more immature monocytes and CD56+ pro-inflammatory monocytes, lower percentages of circulating follicular helper T cells (cTfh), antigen-specific cTfh cells with a less activated transcriptomic profile, lung resident activated macrophages that promote collagen deposition and fibrosis. Our study underlines the importance of inflammation in the response to SARS-CoV-2 and suggests that inflammaging, coupled with the inability to mount a proper anti-viral response, could exacerbate disease severity and the worst clinical outcome in old patients.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Commun Biol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S42003-022-03537-z
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