Nature Communications (May 2022)

Pathophysiological pathway differences in children who present with COVID-19 ARDS compared to COVID -19 induced MIS-C

  • Conor McCafferty,
  • Tengyi Cai,
  • Delphine Borgel,
  • Dominique Lasne,
  • Sylvain Renolleau,
  • Meryl Vedrenne-Cloquet,
  • Damien Bonnet,
  • Jemma Wu,
  • Thiri Zaw,
  • Atul Bhatnagar,
  • Xiaomin Song,
  • Suelyn Van Den Helm,
  • Natasha Letunica,
  • Chantal Attard,
  • Vasiliki Karlaftis,
  • Slavica Praporski,
  • Vera Ignjatovic,
  • Paul Monagle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29951-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While rare, SARS-CoV-2-infected children can develop severe COVID-19 (ARDS) or inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Here, the authors use proteomics to characterize hundreds of blood proteins and identify key biological pathways that differentiate MIS-C and ARDS.