Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

The aging transcriptome and cellular landscape of the human lung in relation to SARS-CoV-2

  • Ryan D. Chow,
  • Medha Majety,
  • Sidi Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20323-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Age is one of the strongest risk factors for severe illness from COVID-19. By integrating human lung transcriptomes with experimental data on SARS-CoV-2, the authors pinpoint specific age-associated factors that could contribute to the heightened severity of COVID-19 in older populations.