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ArticleInfection2024

Persistent immune abnormalities discriminate post-COVID syndrome from convalescence.

Julia Sbierski-Kind, Stephan Schlickeiser, Svenja Feldmann, Veronica Ober, Eva Grüner, Claire Pleimelding, Leonard Gilberg, Isabel Brand, Nikolas Weigl, Mohamed I M Ahmed and 12 more

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Article in Infection, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Julia Sbierski-KindDepartment of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Stephan SchlickeiserCharité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität Zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Immunology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Svenja FeldmannDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Veronica OberDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Eva GrünerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Claire PleimeldingDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Leonard GilbergDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Isabel BrandGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Nikolas WeiglDepartment of Medicine IV, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Mohamed I M AhmedGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Gerardo IbarraThe M3 Research Center, University Clinic Tübingen (UKT), Medical Faculty, Otfried-Müllerstr. 37, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael RuzickaCOVID-19 Registry of the LMU Munich (CORKUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Christopher BeneschCOVID-19 Registry of the LMU Munich (CORKUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Anna PernprunerCOVID-19 Registry of the LMU Munich (CORKUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Elisabeth ValdinociCOVID-19 Registry of the LMU Munich (CORKUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Michael HoelscherGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Kristina AdorjanCOVID-19 Registry of the LMU Munich (CORKUM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Hans Christian StubbeGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Michael PritschGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
Ulrich SeyboldDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Julia RoiderDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. Julia.Roider@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Post COVID Care and KoCo19 study groups

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInnate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are key organizers of tissue immune responses and regulate tissue development, repair, and pathology. Persistent clinical sequelae beyond 12 weeks following acute COVID-19 disease, named post-COVID syndrome (PCS), are increasingly recognized in convalescent individuals. ILCs have been associated with the severity of COVID-19 symptoms but their role in the development of PCS remains poorly defined. METHODS AND

resultsHere, we used multiparametric immune phenotyping, finding expanded circulating ILC precursors (ILCPs) and concurrent decreased group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in PCS patients compared to well-matched convalescent control groups at > 3 months after infection or healthy controls. Patients with PCS showed elevated expression of chemokines and cytokines associated with trafficking of immune cells (CCL19/MIP-3b, FLT3-ligand), endothelial inflammation and repair (CXCL1, EGF, RANTES, IL-1RA, PDGF-AA).

conclusionThese results define immunological parameters associated with PCS and might help find biomarkers and disease-relevant therapeutic strategies.

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ConvalescenceCOVID-19CytokinesLymphocytesPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeAdultAgedChemokinesFemaleHumansImmunity, InnateMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2ChemokinesCytokinesCOVID-19Immune activationInnate lymphoid cellsPost-COVID-19-syndromeTissue immunology

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PMID38326527
PMCPMC11142964

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