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SARS-CoV-2 Evades Immune Detection in Alveolar Macrophages


ABSTRACT: Respiratory infections, like the current COVID-19 pandemic, target epithelial cells in the respiratory tract. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are tissue-resident macrophages located within the lung. They play a key role in the early phases of an immune response to respiratory viruses. AMs are likely the first immune cells to encounter SARS-CoV-2 during an infection and their reaction to the virus will have a profound impact on the outcome of the infection. Interferons (IFNs) are antiviral cytokines and among the first cytokines produced upon viral infection. In this study, AMs from non-infectious donors are challenged with SARS-CoV-2. We demonstrate that challenged AMs are incapable of sensing SARS-CoV-2 and of producing an IFN response in contrast to other respiratory viruses, like influenza A virus and Sendai virus, which trigger a robust IFN response. The absence of IFN production in AMs upon challenge with SARS-CoV2 could explain the initial asymptotic phase observed during COVID-19 and argues against AMs being the sources of proinflammatory cytokines later during infection.

SUBMITTER: Ms. Louise Dalskov 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-EMBOR-2020-51252V1 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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