2023
Early cellular and molecular signatures correlate with severity of West Nile virus infection
Lee H, Zhao Y, Fleming I, Mehta S, Wang X, Vander Wyk B, Ronca S, Kang H, Chou C, Fatou B, Smolen K, Levy O, Clish C, Xavier R, Steen H, Hafler D, Love J, Shalek A, Guan L, Murray K, Kleinstein S, Montgomery R. Early cellular and molecular signatures correlate with severity of West Nile virus infection. IScience 2023, 26: 108387. PMID: 38047068, PMCID: PMC10692672, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWest Nile virusEffective anti-viral responseInnate immune cell typesWest Nile virus infectionPro-inflammatory markersAcute time pointsImmune cell typesAnti-viral responseMolecular signaturesHost cellular activitiesAcute infectionAsymptomatic donorsPeripheral bloodSevere infectionsVirus infectionImmune responseSevere casesCell activityIll individualsSerum proteomicsInfectionInfection severityHigh expressionTime pointsNile virus
2021
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