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Dynamic SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immunity in Critically Ill Patients With Hypertension.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented health crisis. The most common chronic illness among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 is hypertension. Immune dysregulation plays an important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and in the development of hypertension; however, the dynamic immunological characteristics of COVID-19 patients with hypertension remain largely unclear.

Methods

In total, 258 hypertensive patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 were included in this study. CD38+HLA-DR+ and CD38+PD-1+ CD8+ T cells, IFN?+CD4+ and IFN?+CD8+ T cells, the titers of IgG, IgM, and IgA against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and SARS-CoV-2 throat viral loads were measured weekly over 4 weeks after the onset of symptoms. Clinical outcomes were also monitored.

Findings

CD4+ T lymphopenia was observed in 100% of the severe and critical cases. Compared with the surviving patients, the patients with fatal outcomes exhibited high and prolonged expression of CD38+HLA-DR+ and CD38+PD-1+ on CD8+ T cells, low expression of SARS-CoV-2-specific IFN?+CD4+ and IFN?+CD8+ T cells, low titers of IgG, IgM, and IgA against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and high SARS-CoV-2 viral load during the illness. In the surviving patients, the viral load was significantly inversely correlated with SARS-CoV-2-specific IFN?+CD8+and IFN?+CD4+ T cells, IgG, IgM, and IgA.

Interpretation

T lymphopenia is common in critical or severe COVID-19 cases with hypertension. Prolonged activation and exhaustion of CD8+ T cells were associated with severe disease. The delayed SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses may be insufficient for overcoming severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in the absence of SARS-CoV-2-specific cellular responses.

SUBMITTER: Zeng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758245 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dynamic SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immunity in Critically Ill Patients With Hypertension.

Zeng Qiang Q   Li Yong-Zhe YZ   Dong Sheng-Yong SY   Chen Zong-Tao ZT   Gao Xiang-Yang XY   Zhang Han H   Huang Gang G   Xu Yang Y  

Frontiers in immunology 20201210


<h4>Background</h4>The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented health crisis. The most common chronic illness among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 is hypertension. Immune dysregulation plays an important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and in the development of hypertension; however, the dynamic immunological characteristics of COVID-19 patients with hypertension remain largely unclear.<  ...[more]

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