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Single-Cell Landscape of Bronchoalveolar Immune Cells in Patients with COVID-19

Published time: 12 May 2020

Authors: Mingfeng Liao, Yang Liu, Jing Yuan, Yanling Wen, Gang Xu, Juanjuan Zhao, Lin Cheng, Jinxiu Li, Xin Wang, Fuxiang Wang, Lei Liu, Ido Amit, Shuye Zhang & Zheng Zhang

Keywords: Covid-19, respiratory, bronchoalveolar, proinflammatory


Abstract

Respiratory immune characteristics associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity are currently unclear. We characterized bronchoalveolar lavage fluid immune cells from patients with varying severity of COVID-19 and from healthy people by using single-cell RNA sequencing. Proinflammatory monocyte-derived macrophages were abundant in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with severe COVID-9. Moderate cases were characterized by the presence of highly clonally expanded CD8+ T cells. This atlas of the bronchoalveolar immune microenvironment suggests potential mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and recovery in COVID-19.


Single-cell landscape of bronchoalveolar immune cells in patients with COVID-19

 

Reference: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0901-9

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