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Trial reportSignal transduction and targeted therapy2021

Differential immune responses in pregnant patients recovered from COVID-19.

Ge Chen, Yiming Zhang, Yaoyao Zhang, Jihui Ai, Bin Yang, Mengge Cui, Qiuyue Liao, Hanxiao Chen, Hualin Bai, Dashing Shang and 9 more

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Trial report in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ge Chen *Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yiming Zhang *Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-3894
Yaoyao Zhang *Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jihui Ai *Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Bin YangTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Mengge CuiTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Qiuyue LiaoTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Hanxiao ChenKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Hualin BaiTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Dashing ShangKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jing ChenTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
ChaoYang SunTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-1638
Haiyi LiuTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Fengyuan LiuBiological Sciences Greenhouse, College of Art & Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Bin MaoKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Guoqiang SunDepartment of Obstetrics, Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Lu ChenKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. luchen@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1083-9729
Jing-Wen LinKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. lin.jingwen@scu.edu.cn.
Kezhen LiTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. tjkeke@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-5389
Tongji Hospital · CNSichuan University · CNHubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital · CNThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnant women are generally more susceptible to viral infection. Although the impact of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy remains to be determined, evidence indicates that the risk factors for severe COVID-19 are similar in pregnancy to the general population. Here we systemically analyzed the clinical characteristics of pregnant and non-pregnant female COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized during the same period and found that pregnant patients developed marked lymphopenia and higher inflammation evident by higher C-reactive protein and IL-6. To elucidate the pathways that might contribute to immunopathology or protective immunity against COVID-19 during pregnancy, we applied single-cell mRNA sequencing to profile peripheral blood mononuclear cells from four pregnant and six non-pregnant female patients after recovery along with four pregnant and three non-pregnant healthy donors. We found normal clonal expansion of T cells in the pregnant patients, heightened activation and chemotaxis in NK, NKT, and MAIT cells, and differential interferon responses in the monocyte compartment. Our data present a unique feature in both innate and adaptive immune responses in pregnant patients recovered from COVID-19.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityImmunity, InnateAdultCOVID-19C-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansInterleukin-6LymphocytesPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Sequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisC-Reactive ProteinIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6

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PMID34326311
PMCPMC8320317
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