Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Exhibit Hyperactive Cytokine Responses Associated With Effector Exhausted Senescent T Cells in Acute Infection.
J Infect Dis
; 224(10): 1672-1683, 2021 11 22.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1629894
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can progress to severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and is aggravated by the deregulation of the immune system causing an excessive inflammation including the cytokine storm.METHODS:
In this study, we report that severe acutely infected patients have high levels of both type-1 and type-2 cytokines.RESULTS:
Our results show abnormal cytokine levels upon T-cell stimulation, in a nonpolarized profile. Furthermore, our findings indicate that this hyperactive cytokine response is associated with a significantly increased frequency of late-differentiated T cells with particular phenotype of effector exhausted/senescent CD28-CD57+ cells. Of note, we demonstrated for the first time an increased frequency of CD3+CD4+CD28-CD57+ T cells with expression of programmed death 1, one of the hallmarks of T-cell exhaustion.CONCLUSIONS:
These findings reveal that COVID-19 is associated with acute immunodeficiency, especially within the CD4+ T-cell compartment, and points to possible mechanisms of loss of clonal repertoire and susceptibility to viral relapse and reinfection events.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio experimental
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Infect Dis
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Infdis
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