近日，英国伦敦国王学院Adrian C. Hayday、Manu Shankar-Hari等研究人员合作发现，一组动态的COVID-19免疫信号与预后不良有关。该项研究成果于2020年8月17日在线发表在《自然—医学》杂志上。

Title: A dynamic COVID-19 immune signature includes associations with poor prognosis

Author: Adam G. Laing, Anna Lorenc, Irene del Molino del Barrio, Abhishek Das, Matthew Fish, Leticia Monin, Miguel Muoz-Ruiz, Duncan R. McKenzie, Thomas S. Hayday, Isaac Francos-Quijorna, Shraddha Kamdar, Magdalene Joseph, Daniel Davies, Richard Davis, Aislinn Jennings, Iva Zlatareva, Pierre Vantourout, Yin Wu, Vasiliki Sofra, Florencia Cano, Maria Greco, Efstathios Theodoridis, Joshua Freedman, Sarah Gee, Julie Nuo En Chan, Sarah Ryan, Eva Bugallo-Blanco, Prt Peterson, Kai Kisand, Liis Haljasmgi, Loubna Chadli, Philippe Moingeon, Lauren Martinez, Blair Merrick, Karen Bisnauthsing, Kate Brooks, Mohammad A. A. Ibrahim, Jeremy Mason, Federico Lopez Gomez, Kola Babalola, Sultan Abdul-Jawad, John Cason, Christine Mant, Jeffrey Seow, Carl Graham, Katie J. Doores, Francesca Di Rosa, Jonathan Edgeworth, Manu Shankar-Hari, Adrian C. Hayday

Issue&Volume: 2020-08-17

Abstract: Improved understanding and management of COVID-19, a potentially life-threatening disease, could greatly reduce the threat posed by its etiologic agent, SARS-CoV-2. Toward this end, we have identified a core peripheral blood immune signature across 63 hospital-treated patients with COVID-19 who were otherwise highly heterogeneous. The signature includes discrete changes in B and myelomonocytic cell composition, profoundly altered T cell phenotypes, selective cytokine/chemokine upregulation and SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies. Some signature traits identify links with other settings of immunoprotection and immunopathology; others, including basophil and plasmacytoid dendritic cell depletion, correlate strongly with disease severity; while a third set of traits, including a triad of IP-10, interleukin-10 and interleukin-6, anticipate subsequent clinical progression. Hence, contingent upon independent validation in other COVID-19 cohorts, individual traits within this signature may collectively and individually guide treatment options; offer insights into COVID-19 pathogenesis; and aid early, risk-based patient stratification that is particularly beneficial in phasic diseases such as COVID-19. 

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-1038-6

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1038-6