Germinal center and extrafollicular B cell responses in vaccination, immunity, and autoimmunity

RA Elsner, MJ Shlomchik - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Activated B cells participate in either extrafollicular (EF) or germinal center (GC) responses.
Canonical responses are composed of a short wave of plasmablasts (PBs) arising from EF …

Flattening the COVID-19 curve with natural killer cell based immunotherapies

M Market, L Angka, AB Martel, D Bastin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune responders critical for viral clearance and
immunomodulation. Despite their vital role in viral infection, the contribution of NK cells in …

SARS-CoV-2 triggers inflammatory responses and cell death through caspase-8 activation

S Li, Y Zhang, Z Guan, H Li, M Ye, X Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to
respiratory illness and multi-organ failure in critically ill patients. Although the virus-induced …

Dynamics of inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection by vaccination status in the USA: a prospective cohort study

X Zhu, KA Gebo, AG Abraham, F Habtehyimer… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Cytokines and chemokines play a critical role in the response to infection and
vaccination. We aimed to assess the longitudinal association of COVID-19 vaccination with …

Clinical significance of measuring serum cytokine levels as inflammatory biomarkers in adult and pediatric COVID-19 cases: A review

BM Liu, TB Martins, LK Peterson, HR Hill - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly evolving infectious/inflammatory
disorder which has turned into a global pandemic. With severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Serum CCL17 level becomes a predictive marker to distinguish between mild/moderate and severe/critical disease in patients with COVID-19

M Sugiyama, N Kinoshita, S Ide, H Nomoto… - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract COVID-19, a novel coronavirus-related illness, has spread worldwide. Patients with
apparently mild/moderate symptoms can suddenly develop severe pneumonia. Therefore …

Cytokine storm induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection: The spectrum of its neurological manifestations

P Thepmankorn, J Bach, A Lasfar, X Zhao, S Souayah… - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), can trigger a hyperinflammatory state characterized …

A study of differential circRNA and lncRNA expressions in COVID-19-infected peripheral blood

Y Wu, T Zhao, R Deng, X Xia, B Li, X Wang - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
To conquer the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 virus, a large number of studies have been
carried out on COVID-19 infection, transmission and treatment. However, few studies have …

Exhausted NK cells and cytokine storms in COVID-19: Whether NK cell therapy could be a therapeutic choice

M Ghasemzadeh, A Ghasemzadeh, E Hosseini - Human immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
The global outbreak of coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) still claims more lives daily around the
world due to the lack of a definitive treatment and the rapid tendency of virus to mutate …

Covid-19 and development of heart failure: mystery and truth

H Onohuean, HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a novel worldwide pandemic caused by a
novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). During Covid-19 …