Immune dysregulation and autoreactivity correlate with disease severity in SARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Ramaswamy A, Brodsky NN, Sumida TS, Comi M, Asashima H, Hoehn KB, Li N, Liu Y, Shah A, Ravindra NG, Bishai J, Khan A, Lau W, Sellers B, Bansal N, Guerrerio P, Unterman A, Habet V, Rice AJ, Catanzaro J, Chandnani H, Lopez M, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Tsang JS, Wang Z, Yan X, Kleinstein SH, van Dijk D, Pierce RW, Hafler DA, Lucas CL. Immune dysregulation and autoreactivity correlate with disease severity in SARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Immunity 2021, 54: 1083-1095.e7. PMID: 33891889, PMCID: PMC8043654, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMIS-C patientsDisease severityInflammatory syndromeTCR repertoireSARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndromeAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionAdult COVID-19Post-infectious complicationsMultisystem inflammatory syndromeCytotoxicity genesHealthy pediatricImmune dysregulationMemory TActive infectionMyeloid dysfunctionPatientsSingle-cell RNA sequencingFlow cytometrySerum proteomicsRepertoire analysisElevated expressionSeverityAlarminsCOVID-19Novel compound heterozygous variants in NHLRC2 in a patient with FINCA syndrome
Brodsky NN, Boyarchuk O, Kovalchuk T, Hariyan T, Rice A, Ji W, Khokha M, Lakhani S, Lucas CL. Novel compound heterozygous variants in NHLRC2 in a patient with FINCA syndrome. Journal Of Human Genetics 2020, 65: 911-915. PMID: 32435055, DOI: 10.1038/s10038-020-0776-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAngiomatosisBrain NeoplasmsCardiomegalyChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFibrosisHeterozygoteHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLung DiseasesMaleModels, MolecularNeurodegenerative DiseasesPedigreePoint MutationProtein ConformationProtein DomainsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidSyndromeConceptsWhole-exome sequencingNovel compound heterozygous variantsCompound heterozygous variantsUkrainian patientsClinical featuresNovel variantsNew patientsHealthy humansCompound heterozygous combinationPatientsHeterozygous variantsSyndromeFinnish childrenNHLRC2Sanger sequencingFibrosisDiseaseGnomAD databaseN-terminal thioredoxinCentral regulatorVariantsNeurodegeneration