Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Distinct tissue niches direct lung immunopathology via CCL18 and CCL21 in severe COVID-19

  • Ronja Mothes,
  • Anna Pascual-Reguant,
  • Ralf Koehler,
  • Juliane Liebeskind,
  • Alina Liebheit,
  • Sandy Bauherr,
  • Lars Philipsen,
  • Carsten Dittmayer,
  • Michael Laue,
  • Regina von Manitius,
  • Sefer Elezkurtaj,
  • Pawel Durek,
  • Frederik Heinrich,
  • Gitta A. Heinz,
  • Gabriela M. Guerra,
  • Benedikt Obermayer,
  • Jenny Meinhardt,
  • Jana Ihlow,
  • Josefine Radke,
  • Frank L. Heppner,
  • Philipp Enghard,
  • Helena Stockmann,
  • Tom Aschman,
  • Julia Schneider,
  • Victor M. Corman,
  • Leif E. Sander,
  • Mir-Farzin Mashreghi,
  • Thomas Conrad,
  • Andreas C. Hocke,
  • Raluca A. Niesner,
  • Helena Radbruch,
  • Anja E. Hauser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36333-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Infection with SARS-CoV-2 has been linked with substantive inflammation, lung pathology and development of COVID-19. Here the authors spatially associate CCL18 and CCL21 in distinct tissue niches with lung pathology of severe COVID-19.