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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-19
2015
Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Their Induction to Cardiomyocytes
Hashimoto A, Naito AT, Lee JK, Kitazume-Taneike R, Ito M, Yamaguchi T, Nakata R, Sumida T, Okada K, Nakagawa A, Higo T, Kuramoto Y, Sakai T, Tominaga K, Okinaga T, Kogaki S, Ozono K, Miyagawa S, Sawa Y, Sakata Y, Morita H, Umezawa A, Komuro I. Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Their Induction to Cardiomyocytes. International Heart Journal 2015, 57: 112-117. PMID: 26673445, DOI: 10.1536/ihj.15-376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuchenne muscular dystrophyDMD patientsMuscular dystrophyYears of ageIPS cell-derived cardiomyocytesPatient-specific iPS cellsDMD cardiomyopathyCardiac dysfunctionCurative treatmentCell-derived cardiomyocytesT lymphocytesPatientsCardiac phenotypeSendai virus vectorCardiac muscleSkeletal muscleDystrophin defectsInduced pluripotent stem cellsCardiomyocytesCell linesStem cellsDystrophin proteinDystrophyPluripotent stem cellsMuscle