2024
Clinical features and multiomics profiles indicate coagulation and platelet dysfunction in COVID-19 viral sepsis
Xiao Z, Lin M, Song N, Wu X, Hou J, Wang L, Tian X, An C, Dela Cruz C, Sharma L, Chang D. Clinical features and multiomics profiles indicate coagulation and platelet dysfunction in COVID-19 viral sepsis. IScience 2024, 27: 110110. PMID: 38974472, PMCID: PMC11225851, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchViral sepsisCausative agent of sepsisAgent of sepsisCases of sepsisSusceptibility to secondary bacterial infectionsNon-sepsis patientsSecondary bacterial infectionPlatelet activation pathwaysMetabolomic characteristicsPlatelet dysfunctionSepsis phenotypesClinical featuresSystemic disease phenotypeSepsis patientsSepsisCOVID-19 pathologyBacterial infectionsProteomic signatureDisease phenotypeComplement proteinsBacterial pathogensProteomic dataActivation pathwayFunctional consequencesPathway proteins
2020
Mechanisms of Epithelial Immunity Evasion by Respiratory Bacterial Pathogens
Sharma L, Feng J, Britto CJ, Dela Cruz CS. Mechanisms of Epithelial Immunity Evasion by Respiratory Bacterial Pathogens. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 91. PMID: 32117248, PMCID: PMC7027138, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00091.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsBacterial lung infectionsImmune cellsBacterial clearanceRespiratory bacterial pathogensEpithelial cellsLung infectionSecretion of cytokinesEpithelial host defenseMuco-ciliary clearanceHuge economic burdenRespiratory epithelial cellsLung epithelial surfaceMajor healthcare challengeEpithelial immune mechanismsBacterial pathogensAntimicrobial peptide productionImmune mechanismsImmune protectionMucus productionEconomic burdenPathogen clearanceEpithelial immunityHost defenseClinical researchEpithelial resistance