Chronic lung diseases are associated with gene expression programs favoring SARS-CoV-2 entry and severity
Bui LT, Winters NI, Chung MI, Joseph C, Gutierrez AJ, Habermann AC, Adams TS, Schupp JC, Poli S, Peter LM, Taylor CJ, Blackburn JB, Richmond BW, Nicholson AG, Rassl D, Wallace WA, Rosas IO, Jenkins RG, Kaminski N, Kropski JA, Banovich NE. Chronic lung diseases are associated with gene expression programs favoring SARS-CoV-2 entry and severity. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 4314. PMID: 34262047, PMCID: PMC8280215, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24467-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic lung diseaseLung diseaseImmune responseSARS-CoV-2 entry factorsSevere coronavirus disease-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionWorse COVID-19 outcomesSARS-CoV-2 entryAdaptive immune responsesCoronavirus disease-19COVID-19 outcomesInnate immune responseInflammatory gene expression programSimilar cellular distributionPoor outcomePeripheral lungViral exposureDisease-19Inflammatory microenvironmentEntry factorsLung epitheliumLung cellsViral replicationAT2 cellsBasal differences