Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19

Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19

27 July 2020 | Carolina Lucas, Patrick Wong, Jon Klein, Tiago B. R. Castro, Julio Silva, Maria Sundaram, Mallory K. Ellingson, Tianyang Mao, Ji Eun Oh, Benjamin Israelow, Takehiro Takahashi, Maria Tokuyama, Peiwen Lu, Arvind Venkataraman, Annsea Park, Subhasis Mohanty, Haowei Wang, Anne L. Wyllys, Chantal B. F. Vogels, Rebecca Earnest, Sarah Lapidus, Isabel M. Ott, Adam J. Moore, M. Catherine Muenker, John B. Fournier, Melissa Campbell, Camila D. Odio, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, Yale IMPACT Team, Roy Herbst, Albert C. Shaw, Ruslan Medzhitov, Wade L. Schultz, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Charles Dela Cruz, Shelli Farhadian, Albert I. Ko, Saad B. Omer, Akiko Iwasaki
This study investigates the longitudinal immunological correlates of COVID-19 outcomes in 113 patients with moderate or severe disease. The analysis reveals an overall increase in innate cell lineages and a reduction in T cell numbers. Early elevation in cytokine levels is associated with worse disease outcomes. Patients with moderate COVID-19 show a progressive reduction in type I (antiviral) and type 3 (antifungal) responses, while those with severe COVID-19 maintain these elevated responses. Severe COVID-19 is also associated with increased levels of multiple type 2 (anti-helminths) effectors, including IL-5, IL-13, immunoglobulin E, and eosinophils. Unsupervised clustering analysis identifies four immune signatures that correlate with distinct disease trajectories: growth factors (A), type-2/3 cytokines (B), mixed type-1/2/3 cytokines (C), and chemokines (D). Patients who recovered from moderate COVID-19 had enriched tissue reparative growth factor signature A, while those with severe disease had elevated levels of all four signatures. The study highlights a maladapted immune response profile associated with severe COVID-19 and poor clinical outcomes, as well as early immune signatures that correlate with divergent disease trajectories.This study investigates the longitudinal immunological correlates of COVID-19 outcomes in 113 patients with moderate or severe disease. The analysis reveals an overall increase in innate cell lineages and a reduction in T cell numbers. Early elevation in cytokine levels is associated with worse disease outcomes. Patients with moderate COVID-19 show a progressive reduction in type I (antiviral) and type 3 (antifungal) responses, while those with severe COVID-19 maintain these elevated responses. Severe COVID-19 is also associated with increased levels of multiple type 2 (anti-helminths) effectors, including IL-5, IL-13, immunoglobulin E, and eosinophils. Unsupervised clustering analysis identifies four immune signatures that correlate with distinct disease trajectories: growth factors (A), type-2/3 cytokines (B), mixed type-1/2/3 cytokines (C), and chemokines (D). Patients who recovered from moderate COVID-19 had enriched tissue reparative growth factor signature A, while those with severe disease had elevated levels of all four signatures. The study highlights a maladapted immune response profile associated with severe COVID-19 and poor clinical outcomes, as well as early immune signatures that correlate with divergent disease trajectories.
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