2021
Feasibility of using real-world data in the evaluation of cardiac ablation catheters: a test-case of the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center
Dhruva SS, Jiang G, Doshi AA, Friedman DJ, Brandt E, Chen J, Akar JG, Ross JS, Ervin KR, Farr K, Shah ND, Coplan P, Noseworthy PA, Zhang S, Forsyth T, Schulz WL, Yu Y, Drozda JP. Feasibility of using real-world data in the evaluation of cardiac ablation catheters: a test-case of the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center. BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies 2021, 3: e000089. PMID: 35047806, PMCID: PMC8749235, DOI: 10.1136/bmjsit-2021-000089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive predictive valuePersistent atrial fibrillationIschemic ventricular tachycardiaAblation catheterHealth systemAtrial fibrillationVentricular tachycardiaCardiac ablation catheterAcute heart failureDuration of patientsHealth system dataCardiac tamponadeIschemic strokeRetrospective cohortHeart failureClinical outcomesEndpoint ascertainmentPredictive valueCatheterChart validationCoordinating CenterTachycardiaPatientsFibrillationParticipant populationDiverse functional autoantibodies in patients with COVID-19
Wang EY, Mao T, Klein J, Dai Y, Huck JD, Jaycox JR, Liu F, Zhou T, Israelow B, Wong P, Coppi A, Lucas C, Silva J, Oh JE, Song E, Perotti ES, Zheng NS, Fischer S, Campbell M, Fournier JB, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Ott IM, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Watkins AE, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Schulz W, Ma S, Grubaugh N, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Ring A. Diverse functional autoantibodies in patients with COVID-19. Nature 2021, 595: 283-288. PMID: 34010947, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03631-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral immune cell compositionSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19Effects of autoantibodiesTissue-associated antigensSpecific clinical characteristicsInnate immune activationImmune cell compositionCOVID-19 exhibitCOVID-19 manifestsAnalysis of autoantibodiesSARS-CoV-2Functional autoantibodiesMouse surrogateClinical characteristicsVirological controlClinical outcomesImmune activationMild diseaseAsymptomatic infectionAutoantibody reactivityDisease progressionHealthcare workersHigh prevalenceAutoantibodies
2020
Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19
Lucas C, Wong P, Klein J, Castro TBR, Silva J, Sundaram M, Ellingson MK, Mao T, Oh JE, Israelow B, Takahashi T, Tokuyama M, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Park A, Mohanty S, Wang H, Wyllie AL, Vogels CBF, Earnest R, Lapidus S, Ott IM, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Fournier JB, Campbell M, Odio CD, Casanovas-Massana A, Herbst R, Shaw A, Medzhitov R, Schulz W, Grubaugh N, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Ko A, Omer S, Iwasaki A. Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19. Nature 2020, 584: 463-469. PMID: 32717743, PMCID: PMC7477538, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2588-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Moderate COVID-19Immune signaturesDisease outcomeCOVID-19Disease trajectoriesInterleukin-5Early immune signaturesInnate cell lineagesType 2 effectorsT cell numbersPoor clinical outcomeWorse disease outcomesImmune response profileCoronavirus disease 2019Distinct disease trajectoriesCytokine levelsImmunological correlatesImmune profileClinical outcomesEarly elevationImmune profilingIL-13Immunoglobulin EDisease 2019