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SUBMITTER: Gomes AMC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646914 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gomes André M C AMC Farias Guilherme B GB Dias-Silva Manuel M Laia Joel J Trombetta Amelia C AC Godinho-Santos Ana A Rosmaninho Pedro P Santos Diana F DF Conceição Carolina M CM Costa-Reis Renato R Adão-Serrano Maria M Mota Catarina C Almeida Afonso R M ARM Sousa Ana E AE Fernandes Susana M SM
European journal of immunology 20211020 12
Accelerate lung repair in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia is essential for pandemic handling. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are likely players, given their role in mucosal protection and tissue homeostasis. We studied ILC subpopulations at two time points in a cohort of patients admitted in the hospital due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. COVID-19 patients with moderate/severe respiratory failure featured profound depletion of circulating ILCs at hospital admission, in agreement with overall lymphocyte depletion. ...[more]