Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Tracheal aspirate RNA sequencing identifies distinct immunological features of COVID-19 ARDS

  • Aartik Sarma,
  • Stephanie A. Christenson,
  • Ashley Byrne,
  • Eran Mick,
  • Angela Oliveira Pisco,
  • Catherine DeVoe,
  • Thomas Deiss,
  • Rajani Ghale,
  • Beth Shoshana Zha,
  • Alexandra Tsitsiklis,
  • Alejandra Jauregui,
  • Farzad Moazed,
  • Angela M. Detweiler,
  • Natasha Spottiswoode,
  • Pratik Sinha,
  • Norma Neff,
  • Michelle Tan,
  • Paula Hayakawa Serpa,
  • Andrew Willmore,
  • K. Mark Ansel,
  • Jennifer G. Wilson,
  • Aleksandra Leligdowicz,
  • Emily R. Siegel,
  • Marina Sirota,
  • Joseph L. DeRisi,
  • Michael A. Matthay,
  • COMET Consortium,
  • Carolyn M. Hendrickson,
  • Kirsten N. Kangelaris,
  • Matthew F. Krummel,
  • Prescott G. Woodruff,
  • David J. Erle,
  • Carolyn S. Calfee,
  • Charles R. Langelier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25040-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Here, the authors perform transcriptional profiling on tracheal aspirates of adults requiring mechanical ventilation for SARS-CoV2-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and identify a dysregulated host response predicted to predicted to be potentially modulated by dexamethasone.