Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

P Bastard, LB Rosen, Q Zhang, E Michailidis… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Interindividual clinical variability is vast in humans infected with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), ranging from silent infection to …

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

J Manry, P Bastard, A Gervais… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection fatality rate (IFR)
doubles with every 5 y of age from childhood onward. Circulating autoantibodies …

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths

P Bastard, A Gervais, T Le Voyer, J Rosain… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Circulating autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing high concentrations (10 ng/ml; in plasma
diluted 1: 10) of IFN-α and/or IFN-ω are found in about 10% of patients with critical COVID …

Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Q Zhang, P Bastard, Z Liu, J Le Pen, M Moncada-Velez… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Clinical outcomes of human severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection range from silent infection to lethal coronavirus …

Type I interferon autoantibodies are associated with systemic immune alterations in patients with COVID-19

MGP van der Wijst, SE Vazquez… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Neutralizing autoantibodies against type I interferons (IFNs) have been found in some
patients with critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by severe …

Vaccine breakthrough hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs

P Bastard, SE Vazquez, J Liu, MT Laurie… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Life-threatening “breakthrough” cases of critical COVID-19 are attributed to poor or waning
antibody (Ab) response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in individuals already at risk. Preexisting …

Systems biological assessment of immunity to mild versus severe COVID-19 infection in humans

PS Arunachalam, F Wimmers, CKP Mok, RAPM Perera… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a global crisis, yet major knowledge gaps
remain about human immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Impaired type I interferon activity and inflammatory responses in severe COVID-19 patients

J Hadjadj, N Yatim, L Barnabei, A Corneau, J Boussier… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by distinct patterns of disease
progression that suggest diverse host immune responses. We performed an integrated …

Higher COVID-19 pneumonia risk associated with anti-IFN-α than with anti-IFN-ω auto-Abs in children

P Bastard, A Gervais, M Taniguchi, L Saare… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
We found that 19 (10.4%) of 183 unvaccinated children hospitalized for COVID-19
pneumonia had autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing type I IFNs (IFN-α2 in 10 patients …

Neutralizing type‐I interferon autoantibodies are associated with delayed viral clearance and intensive care unit admission in patients with COVID‐19

MS Abers, LB Rosen, OM Delmonte… - Immunology and cell …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Type‐I interferons (IFNs) mediate antiviral activity and have emerged as important immune
mediators during coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19). Several lines of evidence suggest …