Communications Biology (Jun 2022)

Molecular and cellular immune features of aged patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

  • Domenico Lo Tartaro,
  • Anita Neroni,
  • Annamaria Paolini,
  • Rebecca Borella,
  • Marco Mattioli,
  • Lucia Fidanza,
  • Andrew Quong,
  • Carlene Petes,
  • Geneve Awong,
  • Samuel Douglas,
  • Dongxia Lin,
  • Jordan Nieto,
  • Licia Gozzi,
  • Erica Franceschini,
  • Stefano Busani,
  • Milena Nasi,
  • Anna Vittoria Mattioli,
  • Tommaso Trenti,
  • Marianna Meschiari,
  • Giovanni Guaraldi,
  • Massimo Girardis,
  • Cristina Mussini,
  • Lara Gibellini,
  • Andrea Cossarizza,
  • Sara De Biasi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03537-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Patients over the age of 70 show inflammaging and a weaker anti-viral response to SARS-CoV-2, pointing at the immunological changes associated with COVID-19 severity and outcome for aged patients.