Pathogens (Feb 2023)

T Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Coinfection and Comorbidities

  • Liqing Wang,
  • Hao-Yun Peng,
  • Aspen Pham,
  • Eber Villazana,
  • Darby J. Ballard,
  • Jugal Kishore Das,
  • Anil Kumar,
  • Xiaofang Xiong,
  • Jianxun Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020321
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
p. 321

Abstract

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For the past three years, COVID-19 has become an increasing global health issue. Adaptive immune cells, especially T cells, have been extensively investigated in regard to SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, human health and T cell responses are also impacted by many other pathogens and chronic diseases. We have summarized T cell performance during SARS-CoV-2 coinfection with other viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Furthermore, we distinguished if those altered T cell statuses under coinfection would affect their clinical outcomes, such as symptom severity and hospitalization demand. T cell alteration in diabetes, asthma, and hypertension patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection was also investigated in our study. We have summarized whether changes in T cell response influence the clinical outcome during comorbidities.

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