Severe T cell hyporeactivity in ventilated COVID-19 patients correlates with prolonged virus persistence and poor outcomes
oleh: Kerstin Renner, Tobias Schwittay, Sophia Chaabane, Johanna Gottschling, Christine Müller, Charlotte Tiefenböck, Jan-Niklas Salewski, Frederike Winter, Simone Buchtler, Saidou Balam, Maximilian V. Malfertheiner, Matthias Lubnow, Dirk Lunz, Bernhard Graf, Florian Hitzenbichler, Frank Hanses, Hendrik Poeck, Marina Kreutz, Evelyn Orsó, Ralph Burkhardt, Tanja Niedermair, Christoph Brochhausen, André Gessner, Bernd Salzberger, Matthias Mack
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Perturbed T cell responses and disturbed cytokine secretion have been shown during SARS-CoV2 infection in patients. Here the authors show reduced polyclonal T cell activity in COVID-19 patients that is caused by plasma factors and linked to poor prognosis and viral persistence.