Severely ill COVID-19 patients display augmented functional properties in SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD8 + T cells

The molecular properties of CD8 + T cells that respond to SARS-CoV-2 infection are not fully known. Here, we report on the single-cell transcriptomes of >80,000 virus-reactive CD8 + T cells from 39 COVID-19 patients and 10 healthy subjects. COVID-19 patients segregated into two groups based on whether the dominant CD8 + T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 was 'exhausted' or not. SARS-CoV-2-reactive cells in the exhausted subset were increased in frequency and displayed lesser cytotoxicity and inflammatory features in COVID-19 patients with mild compared to severe illness. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2-reactive cells in the non-exhausted subsets from patients with severe disease showed enrichment of transcripts linked to co-stimulation, pro-survival NF-κB signaling, and anti-apoptotic pathways, suggesting the generation of robust CD8 + T cell memory responses in patients with severe COVID-19 illness. CD8 + T cells reactive to influenza and respiratory syncytial virus from healthy subjects displayed polyfunctional features. Cells with such features were mostly absent in SARS-CoV-2 responsive cells from both COVID-19 patients and healthy controls non-exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Overall, our single-cell analysis revealed substantial diversity in the nature of CD8 + T cells responding to SARS-CoV-2.

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UpdateIn: Sci Immunol. 2021 Jan 21;6(55):. - PMID 33478949

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E-Artikel

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2020) vom: 10. Juli

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Englisch

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Kusnadi, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez-Suástegui, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Fajardo, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Chee, Serena J [VerfasserIn]
Meckiff, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Hayley [VerfasserIn]
Pelosi, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Seumois, Grégory [VerfasserIn]
Ay, Ferhat [VerfasserIn]
Vijayanand, Pandurangan [VerfasserIn]
Ottensmeier, Christian H [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateIn: Sci Immunol. 2021 Jan 21;6(55):. - PMID 33478949

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10.1101/2020.07.09.194027

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NLM312529686