Type I interferon autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome and association with outcomes and treatment effect of interferon beta‐1b in MIRACLE clinical trial

Abstract Background Type I interferons (IFNs) are essential antiviral cytokines induced upon respiratory exposure to coronaviruses. Defects in type I IFN signaling can result in severe disease upon exposure to respiratory viral infection and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Neutralizing autoantibodies (auto‐Abs) to type I IFNs were reported as a risk factor for life‐threatening COVID‐19, but their presence has not been evaluated in patients with severe Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Methods We evaluated the prevalence of type I IFN auto‐Abs in a cohort of hospitalized patients with MERS who were enrolled in a placebo‐controlled clinical trial for treatment with IFN‐β1b and lopinavir‐ritonavir (MIRACLE trial). Samples were tested for type I IFN auto‐Abs using a multiplex particle‐based assay. Results Among the 62 enrolled patients, 15 (24.2%) were positive for immunoglobulin G auto‐Abs for at least one subtype of type I IFNs. Auto‐Abs positive patients were not different from auto‐Abs negative patients in age, sex, or comorbidities. However, the majority (93.3%) of patients who were auto‐Abs positive were critically ill and admitted to the ICU at the time of enrollment compared to 66% in the auto‐Abs negative patients. The effect of treatment with IFN‐β1b and lopinavir‐ritonavir did not significantly differ between the two groups. Conclusion This study demonstrates the presence of type I IFN auto‐Abs in hospitalized patients with MERS..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses - 17(2023), 3

Beteiligte Personen:

Alotaibi, Faizah [VerfasserIn]
Alharbi, Naif Khalaf [VerfasserIn]
Rosen, Lindsey B. [VerfasserIn]
Asiri, Ayed Y. [VerfasserIn]
Assiri, Abdullah M. [VerfasserIn]
Balkhy, Hanan H. [VerfasserIn]
Al Jeraisy, Majed [VerfasserIn]
Mandourah, Yasser [VerfasserIn]
AlJohani, Sameera [VerfasserIn]
Al Harbi, Shmeylan [VerfasserIn]
Jokhdar, Hani A. Aziz [VerfasserIn]
Deeb, Ahmad M. [VerfasserIn]
Memish, Ziad A. [VerfasserIn]
Jose, Jesna [VerfasserIn]
Ghazal, Sameeh [VerfasserIn]
Al Faraj, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Al Mekhlafi, Ghaleb A. [VerfasserIn]
Sherbeeni, Nisreen Murad [VerfasserIn]
Elzein, Fatehi Elnour [VerfasserIn]
AlMutairi, Badriah M. [VerfasserIn]
Al‐Dawood, Abdulaziz [VerfasserIn]
Abdullah, Mashan L. [VerfasserIn]
Barhoumi, Tlili [VerfasserIn]
Alenazi, Mohammed W. [VerfasserIn]
Almasood, Abdulrahman [VerfasserIn]
Holland, Steven M. [VerfasserIn]
Arabi, Yaseen M. [VerfasserIn]

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© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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8

doi:

10.1111/irv.13116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

WLY016003985