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Abstract Title:

Immunological imprint of COVID-19 on human peripheral blood leukocyte populations.

Abstract Source:

Allergy. 2020 Oct 31. Epub 2020 Oct 31. PMID: 33128792

Abstract Author(s):

Bernhard Kratzer, Doris Trapin, Paul Ettel, Ulrike Körmöczi, Arno Rottal, Friedrich Tuppy, Melanie Feichter, Pia Gattinger, Kristina Borochova, Yulia Dorofeeva, Inna Tulaeva, Milena Weber, Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer, Peter A Tauber, Marika Gerdov, Bernhard Mühl, Thomas Perkmann, Ingrid Fae, Sabine Wenda, Harald Führer, Rainer Henning, Rudolf Valenta, Winfried F Pickl

Article Affiliation:

Bernhard Kratzer

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 has triggered a pandemic that is now claiming many lives. Several studies have investigated cellular immune responses in COVID-19-infected patients during disease but little is known regarding a possible protracted impact of COVID-19 on the adaptive and innate immune system in COVID-19 convalescent patients.

METHODS: We used multiparametric flow cytometry to analyze whole peripheral blood samples and determined SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody levels against the S-protein, its RBD-subunit, and viral nucleocapsid in a cohort of COVID-19 convalescent patients who had mild disease ~10 weeks after infection (n = 109) and healthy control subjects (n = 98). Furthermore, we correlated immunological changes with clinical and demographic parameters.

RESULTS: Even ten weeks after disease COVID-19 convalescent patients had fewer neutrophils, while their cytotoxic CD8T cells were activated, reflected as higher HLA-DR and CD38 expression. Multiparametric regression analyses showed that in COVID-19-infected patients both CD3CD4and CD3CD8effector memory cells were higher, while CD25Foxp3T regulatory cells were lower. In addition, both transitional B cell and plasmablast levels were significantly elevated in COVID-19-infected patients. Fever (duration, level) correlated with numbers of central memory CD4T cells and anti-S and anti-RBD, but not anti-NC antibody levels. Moreover, a"young immunological age"as determined by numbers of CD3CD45RACD62LCD31recent thymic emigrants was associated with a loss of sense of taste and/or smell.

CONCLUSION: Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection leaves protracted beneficial (ie, activation of T cells) and potentially harmful (ie, reduction of neutrophils) imprints in the cellular immune system in addition to induction of specific antibody responses.

Study Type : Animal Study
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