2022
Coronavirus Lung Infection Impairs Host Immunity against Secondary Bacterial Infection by Promoting Lysosomal Dysfunction.
Peng X, Kim J, Gupta G, Agaronyan K, Mankowski MC, Korde A, Takyar SS, Shin HJ, Habet V, Voth S, Audia JP, Chang D, Liu X, Wang L, Cai Y, Tian X, Ishibe S, Kang MJ, Compton S, Wilen CB, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Coronavirus Lung Infection Impairs Host Immunity against Secondary Bacterial Infection by Promoting Lysosomal Dysfunction. The Journal Of Immunology 2022, 209: 1314-1322. PMID: 36165196, PMCID: PMC9523490, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Bacterial infectionsMouse modelCoronavirus infectionLysosomal dysfunctionMajor health care challengeLung immune cellsLung tissue damageSecondary bacterial infectionImpair host immunityIL-1β releaseHealth care challengesCell deathPyroptotic cell deathBacterial killing abilityIL-1βBacterial clearanceImmune cellsSecondary infectionHost immunityAlveolar macrophagesTissue damageΒ-coronavirusStructural cellsCare challenges
2020
Identification of Potent and Safe Antiviral Therapeutic Candidates Against SARS-CoV-2
Xiao X, Wang C, Chang D, Wang Y, Dong X, Jiao T, Zhao Z, Ren L, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L, Lei X, Wang J. Identification of Potent and Safe Antiviral Therapeutic Candidates Against SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 586572. PMID: 33324406, PMCID: PMC7723961, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.586572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Therapeutic agentsAnti-coronaviral activitySARS-CoV-2 drugsWide therapeutic windowCOVID-19 infectionNovel therapeutic agentsEffective compoundsTherapeutic optionsReplication of coronavirusesSafe drugSevere diseaseTherapeutic windowHuman coronavirusesTherapeutic candidateUS FDAArbidol hydrochlorideIdentification of PotentTwo-step screenMillions of peopleSafety indexDrugsCOVID-19 pandemicFDACoronavirusProfiling Early Humoral Response to Diagnose Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Guo L, Ren L, Yang S, Xiao M, Chang D, Yang F, Dela Cruz CS, Wang Y, Wu C, Xiao Y, Zhang L, Han L, Dang S, Xu Y, Yang Q, Xu S, Zhu H, Xu Y, Jin Q, Sharma L, Wang L, Wang J. Profiling Early Humoral Response to Diagnose Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: 778-785. PMID: 32198501, PMCID: PMC7184472, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Humoral responseSymptom onsetIgM ELISAProbable casesEarly humoral responseHost humoral responseMajor healthcare threatCoronavirus disease 2019IgA antibody detectionCOVID-19Viral nucleic acidsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionNovel coronavirus diseaseFalse-negative resultsMedian durationAntibody testingIgG responsesIgM antibodiesInfected patientsPolymerase chain reactionPositive rateDisease 2019Healthcare threatSubclinical cases