The characteristics and predictive role of lymphocyte subsets in COVID-19 patients

Objective: To investigate the characteristics and predictive roles of lymphocyte subsets in COVID-19 patients. Method: We evaluated lymphocyte subsets and other clinical features of COVID-19 patients, and analyzed their potential impacts on COVID-19 outcomes. Results: 1. Lymphocyte subset counts in the peripheral blood of patients with COVID-19 were significantly reduced, especially in patients with severe disease. 2. In patients with non-severe disease, the time from symptom onset to hospital admission was positively correlated with total T cell counts. 3. Among COVID-19 patients who did not reach the composite endpoint, lymphocyte subset counts were higher than in patients who had reached the composite endpoint. 4. The Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed significant differences in COVID-19 patients, classified by the levels of total, CD8+, and CD4+ T cells at admission. Conclusion: Our study showed that total, CD8+, and CD4+ T cell counts in patients with COVID-19 were significantly reduced, especially in patients with severe disease. Lower T lymphocyte subsets were significantly associated with a higher occurrence of composite endpoint events. These subsets may help identify patients with a high risk of composite endpoint events..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 99(2020), Seite 92-99

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wenjing Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Lei Li [VerfasserIn]
Jihai Liu [VerfasserIn]
Li Chen [VerfasserIn]
Fangfang Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Ting Jin [VerfasserIn]
Lin Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Xiang Li [VerfasserIn]
Ming Yang [VerfasserIn]
Hongxiang Wang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease 2019
Immune parameters
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lymphocyte subsets
Pneumonia

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.079

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ042883555