2021
Time-resolved systems immunology reveals a late juncture linked to fatal COVID-19
Liu C, Martins AJ, Lau WW, Rachmaninoff N, Chen J, Imberti L, Mostaghimi D, Fink DL, Burbelo PD, Dobbs K, Delmonte OM, Bansal N, Failla L, Sottini A, Quiros-Roldan E, Lee Han K, Sellers BA, Cheung F, Sparks R, Chun TW, Moir S, Lionakis MS, , Rossi C, Su H, Kuhns D, Cohen J, Notarangelo L, Tsang J, , Abers M, Apps R, Bosticardo M, Milanez-Almeida P, Mulè M, Shaw E, Zhang Y, , Castelli F, Muiesan M, Tomasoni G, Scolari F, Tucci A. Time-resolved systems immunology reveals a late juncture linked to fatal COVID-19. Cell 2021, 184: 1836-1857.e22. PMID: 33713619, PMCID: PMC7874909, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatal COVID-19Peripheral immune cellsPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsPost-symptom onsetCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19Fatty acid metabolismGene expression signaturesNK cellsSymptom onsetDendritic cellsSevere patientsFatal outcomeImmune response variationCellular inflammationImmune cellsInflammatory responseCell receptor sequencesExtensive patientClinical monitoringTherapeutic interventionsCell activationDay 17Disease severitySigns of exhaustion
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
2017
Transcriptional Response of Respiratory Epithelium to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Matsuyama M, Martins A, Shallom S, Kamenyeva O, Kashyap A, Sampaio E, Kabat J, Olivier K, Zelazny A, Tsang J, Holland S. Transcriptional Response of Respiratory Epithelium to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2017, 58: 241-252. PMID: 28915071, PMCID: PMC5806000, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2017-0218oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholesterol biosynthesisUpregulation of genesRespiratory epitheliumGene expression signaturesCiliary genesTranscriptional responseRNA sequencingEpithelial cell infectionResponse genesInflammatory response genesHost responseCytokine/chemokine productionRespiratory epithelial cell culturesEpithelial cell culturesPulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) diseaseExpression signaturesMajor host responsesCytokines/chemokinesGenesRespiratory epithelial cellsCiliary functionNontuberculous mycobacteria diseaseCell infectionMultiplicity of infectionBiosynthesis