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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2021

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Induced Immune Activation and Death of Monocyte-Derived Human Macrophages and Dendritic Cells.

Jian Zheng, Yuhang Wang, Kun Li, David K Meyerholz, Chantal Allamargot, Stanley Perlman

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers.

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120citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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120 citing papers in PubMed, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian ZhengDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Yuhang WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Kun LiDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
David K MeyerholzDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Chantal AllamargotCentral Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Stanley PerlmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

SARS-CoV Proteins in Heterologous Viral InfectionP01AI060699 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PERLMAN, STANLEY · 2004 to 2021
$21.5M
Role of eicosanoids in pathogenic human CoV infectionsR01AI129269 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Stanley Perlman · 2016 to 2026
$4.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI060699NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI129269
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected patients and experimentally infected animals indicate a critical role for augmented expression of proinflammatory chemokines and cytokines in severe disease. Here, we demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infection of human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) and monocyte-derived dendritic cells was abortive, but induced the production of multiple antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines (interferon-α, interferon-β, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukins 1β, 6, and 10) and a chemokine (CXCL10). Despite the lack of efficient replication in MDMs, SARS-CoV-2 induced profound interferon-mediated cell death of host cells. Macrophage activation and death were not enhanced by exposure to low levels of convalescent plasma, suggesting that antibody-dependent enhancement of infection does not contribute to cell death. Together, these results indicate that infection of macrophages and dendritic cells potentially plays a major role in coronavirus disease 2019 pathogenesis, even in the absence of productive infection.

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Cell DeathChemokinesCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyCytokinesDendritic CellsHumansImmunization, PassiveLeukocytes, MononuclearMacrophagesMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2ChemokinesCytokinesRNA, MessengerRNA, Viralcell deathCOVID-19IFNmacrophageSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33277988
PMCPMC7799009
OpenAlexW3109063130

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