Heightened Innate Immune Responses in the Respiratory Tract of COVID-19 Patients

  • Zhuo Zhou
  • , Lili Ren
  • , Li Zhang
  • , Jiaxin Zhong
  • , Yan Xiao
  • , Zhilong Jia
  • , Li Guo
  • , Jing Yang
  • , Chun Wang
  • , Shuai Jiang
  • , Donghong Yang
  • , Guoliang Zhang
  • , Hongru Li
  • , Fuhui Chen
  • , Yu Xu
  • , Mingwei Chen
  • , Zhancheng Gao
  • , Jian Yang
  • , Jie Dong
  • , Bo Liu
  • Xiannian Zhang, Weidong Wang, Kunlun He, Qi Jin, Mingkun Li, Jianwei Wang

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Abstract

Zhou et al. use metatranscriptomic sequencing to profile immune signatures in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients exhibit robust innate immune responses with notable hypercytokinemia and increased expression of IFN-stimulated genes. This analysis provides timely information for understanding SARS-CoV-2-host interactions and COVID-19 pathogenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)883-890.e2
JournalCell Host and Microbe
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
  • COVID-19
  • Chemokines
  • Coronavirus
  • Hypercytokinemia
  • Innate immune response
  • Interferon response
  • Interferon-stimulated genes
  • Metatranscriptomic sequencing
  • SARS-CoV-2

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