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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing autoantibodies to type I IFNs in> 10% of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia hospitalized in Madrid, Spain

J Troya, P Bastard, L Planas-Serra, P Ryan… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background In a recent study, autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) were
present in at least 10% of cases of critical COVID-19 pneumonia. These autoantibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons in 20% of COVID-19 deaths in a French hospital

A Chauvineau-Grenier, P Bastard, A Servajean… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Recent studies reported the presence of pre-existing autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing
type I interferons (IFNs) in at least 15% of patients with critical COVID-19 pneumonia. In one …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing type I interferon autoantibodies in Japanese patients with severe COVID-19

S Eto, Y Nukui, M Tsumura, Y Nakagama… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Autoantibodies (aAbs) to type I interferons (IFNs) have been found in less than 1%
of individuals under the age of 60 in the general population, with the prevalence increasing …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Anti‐IFN‐α/‐ω neutralizing antibodies from COVID‐19 patients correlate with downregulation of IFN response and laboratory biomarkers of disease severity

F Frasca, M Scordio, L Santinelli… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A significant number of COVID‐19 patients were shown to have neutralizing antibodies
(NAB) against IFN; however, NAB specificity, fluctuation over time, associations with …

Antibodies against type I interferon: detection and association with severe clinical outcome in COVID‐19 patients

D Goncalves, M Mezidi, P Bastard… - Clinical & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Impairment of type I interferon (IFN‐I) immunity has been reported in critically ill
COVID‐19 patients. This defect can be explained in a subset of patients by the presence of …