COVID-19 Severity Correlates with Weaker T-Cell Immunity, Hypercytokinemia, and Lung Epithelium Injury

Zhongfang Wang; Xiaoyun Yang; Yumin Zhou; Jing Sun; Xiaoqing Liu; Jing Zhang; Xinyue Mei; Jiaying Zhong; Jincun Zhao; Pixin Ran

doi:10.1164/rccm.202005-1701LE

COVID-19 Severity Correlates with Weaker T-Cell Immunity, Hypercytokinemia, and Lung Epithelium Injury

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug 15;202(4):606-610. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1701LE.

Authors

Zhongfang Wang^{1

2}, Xiaoyun Yang^{1

2}, Yumin Zhou^{1

2}, Jing Sun^{1

2}, Xiaoqing Liu^{1

2}, Jing Zhang^{1

2}, Xinyue Mei^{1

2}, Jiaying Zhong^{1

2}, Jincun Zhao^{1

2}, Pixin Ran^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory DiseaseGuangzhou, Chinaand.
² The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / blood
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / immunology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunity, Cellular*
Lung Injury / diagnosis
Lung Injury / etiology*
Lung Injury / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / blood
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology*
Respiratory Mucosa / immunology
Respiratory Mucosa / pathology*
SARS-CoV-2
T-Lymphocytes / immunology*