Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Defective activation and regulation of type I interferon immunity is associated with increasing COVID-19 severity

  • Nikaïa Smith,
  • Céline Possémé,
  • Vincent Bondet,
  • Jamie Sugrue,
  • Liam Townsend,
  • Bruno Charbit,
  • Vincent Rouilly,
  • Violaine Saint-André,
  • Tom Dott,
  • Andre Rodriguez Pozo,
  • Nader Yatim,
  • Olivier Schwartz,
  • Minerva Cervantes-Gonzalez,
  • Jade Ghosn,
  • Paul Bastard,
  • Jean Laurent Casanova,
  • Tali-Anne Szwebel,
  • Benjamin Terrier,
  • Niall Conlon,
  • Cliona O’Farrelly,
  • Clíona Ní Cheallaigh,
  • Nollaig M. Bourke,
  • Darragh Duffy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34895-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The interferon response has been shown to be linked to severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection and is an essential component of the immune response to COVID-19. Here the authors stratify patients according to COVID-19 severity and asses the interferon response showing defective responses in severe infection and highlight the importance of assay variables and confounding factors that impact the detection of interferon.