Genetic and immunologic evaluation of children with inborn errors of immunity and severe or critical COVID-19

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BACKGROUND: Most severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected individuals are asymptomatic or only exhibit mild disease. In about 10% of cases, the infection leads to hypoxemic pneumonia, although it is much more rare in children.

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated 31 young patients aged 0.5 to 19 years who had preexisting inborn errors of immunity (IEI) but lacked a molecular diagnosis and were later diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications.

METHODS: Genetic evaluation by whole-exome sequencing was performed in all patients. SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, autoantibodies against type I IFN (IFN-I), and inflammatory factors in plasma were measured. We also reviewed COVID-19 disease severity/outcome in reported IEI patients.

RESULTS: A potential genetic cause of the IEI was identified in 28 patients (90.3%), including mutations that may affect IFN signaling, T- and B-cell function, the inflammasome, and the complement system. From tested patients 65.5% had detectable virus-specific antibodies, and 6.8% had autoantibodies neutralizing IFN-I. Five patients (16.1%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Eleven patients (35.4%) died of COVID-19 complications. All together, at least 381 IEI children with COVID-19 have been reported in the literature to date. Although many patients with asymptomatic or mild disease may not have been reported, severe presentation of COVID-19 was observed in 23.6% of the published cases, and the mortality rate was 8.7%.

CONCLUSIONS: Young patients with preexisting IEI may have higher mortality than children without IEI when infected with SARS-CoV-2. Elucidating the genetic basis of IEI patients with severe/critical COVID-19 may help to develop better strategies for prevention and treatment of severe COVID-19 disease and complications in pediatric patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:150

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 150(2022), 5 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 1059-1073

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abolhassani, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Delavari, Samaneh [VerfasserIn]
Landegren, Nils [VerfasserIn]
Shokri, Sima [VerfasserIn]
Bastard, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Du, Likun [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Fanglei [VerfasserIn]
Hajebi, Reza [VerfasserIn]
Abolnezhadian, Farhad [VerfasserIn]
Iranparast, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Modaresi, Mohammadreza [VerfasserIn]
Vosughimotlagh, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Salami, Fereshte [VerfasserIn]
Aranda-Guillén, Maribel [VerfasserIn]
Cobat, Aurélie [VerfasserIn]
Marcotte, Harold [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shen-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Rezaei, Nima [VerfasserIn]
Casanova, Jean-Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Kämpe, Olle [VerfasserIn]
Hammarström, Lennart [VerfasserIn]
Pan-Hammarström, Qiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Autoantibodies
COVID-19
Genetic diagnosis
Immune response
Inborn errors of immunity
Journal Article
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Primary immunodeficiency
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 08.11.2022

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2022.09.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346304075