Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Deciphering the state of immune silence in fatal COVID-19 patients

  • Pierre Bost,
  • Francesco De Sanctis,
  • Stefania Canè,
  • Stefano Ugel,
  • Katia Donadello,
  • Monica Castellucci,
  • David Eyal,
  • Alessandra Fiore,
  • Cristina Anselmi,
  • Roza Maria Barouni,
  • Rosalinda Trovato,
  • Simone Caligola,
  • Alessia Lamolinara,
  • Manuela Iezzi,
  • Federica Facciotti,
  • Annarita Mazzariol,
  • Davide Gibellini,
  • Pasquale De Nardo,
  • Evelina Tacconelli,
  • Leonardo Gottin,
  • Enrico Polati,
  • Benno Schwikowski,
  • Ido Amit,
  • Vincenzo Bronte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21702-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Integrated studies of matched tissue sites and cell types in COVID-19 patients are important to define the immune mechanisms of pathology. Here, the authors describe an immune signature in fatal COVID-19 patients harmonizing single-cell RNA sequencing of blood and matched BAL cells with deep clinical, immunological and functional data.