2022
Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children
Xu Q, Milanez-Almeida P, Martins A, Radtke A, Hoehn K, Oguz C, Chen J, Liu C, Tang J, Grubbs G, Stein S, Ramelli S, Kabat J, Behzadpour H, Karkanitsa M, Spathies J, Kalish H, Kardava L, Kirby M, Cheung F, Preite S, Duncker P, Kitakule M, Romero N, Preciado D, Gitman L, Koroleva G, Smith G, Shaffer A, McBain I, McGuire P, Pittaluga S, Germain R, Apps R, Schwartz D, Sadtler K, Moir S, Chertow D, Kleinstein S, Khurana S, Tsang J, Mudd P, Schwartzberg P, Manthiram K. Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children. Nature Immunology 2022, 24: 186-199. PMID: 36536106, PMCID: PMC10777159, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-022-01367-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorImmune responseGerminal centersPrevious SARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionB-cell receptor sequencingTissue-specific immunityCell receptor sequencingAdaptive immune responsesUpper respiratory tractMemory B cellsT cell clonotypesSite of infectionSARS-CoV-2Pharyngeal lymphoid tissuePeripheral bloodLymphocyte populationsLymphoid tissueRespiratory tractCell clonotypesAdaptive immunityB cellsCDR3 sequencesAdenoidsCell receptor
2020
Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus
Kotliarov Y, Sparks R, Martins A, Mulè M, Lu Y, Goswami M, Kardava L, Banchereau R, Pascual V, Biancotto A, Chen J, Schwartzberg P, Bansal N, Liu C, Cheung F, Moir S, Tsang J. Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 618-629. PMID: 32094927, PMCID: PMC8392163, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0769-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptive ImmunityAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibody FormationB-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfluenza VaccinesInfluenza, HumanLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedTranscriptomeVaccinationYellow FeverYellow Fever VaccineYoung AdultConceptsDisease activityVaccine responsivenessAutoimmune disease activityBlood transcriptional signaturesYellow fever vaccinationSystemic lupus erythematosusClinical quiescenceFever vaccinationLupus erythematosusCancer immunotherapyBaseline predictorsDisease outcomeHealthy subjectsImmune responseI IFNHealthy individualsVaccinationTranscriptional signatureImmune variationBaseline statePatientsExtent of activationBiological basisSurface proteinsInfection response