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Imbalance of Regulatory and Cytotoxic SARS-CoV-2-Reactive CD4+ T Cells in COVID-19

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Meckiff, Benjamin J., Ramírez-Suástegui, Ciro, Fajardo, Vicente, Chee, Serena J., Kusnadi, Anthony, Simon, Hayley, Eschweiler, Simon, Grifoni, Alba, Pelosi, Emanuela, Weiskopf, Daniela, Sette, Alessandro, Ay, Ferhat, Seumois, Grégory, Ottensmeier, Christian H., Vijayanand, Pandurangan·2020·Cell

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Abstract

The contribution of CD4+ T cells to protective or pathogenic immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection remains unknown. Here, we present single-cell transcriptomic analysis of >100,000 viral antigen-reactive CD4+ T cells from 40 COVID-19 patients. In hospitalized patients compared to non-hospitalized patients, we found increased proportions of cytotoxic follicular helper cells and cytotoxic T helper (TH) cells (CD4-CTLs) responding to SARS-CoV-2 and reduced proportion of SARS-CoV-2-reactive regulatory T cells (TREG). Importantly, in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a strong cytotoxic TFH response was observed early in the illness, which correlated negatively with antibody levels to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Polyfunctional TH1 and TH17 cell subsets were underrepresented in the repertoire of SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells compared to influenza-reactive CD4+ T cells. Together, our analyses provide insights into the gene expression patterns of SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells in distinct disease severities.

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Meckiff, B. J., Ramírez-Suástegui, C., Fajardo, V., Chee, S. J., Kusnadi, A., Simon, H., Eschweiler, S., Grifoni, A., Pelosi, E., Weiskopf, D., Sette, A., Ay, F., Seumois, G., Ottensmeier, C. H., & Vijayanand, P.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-11
Volume
183
Issue
5
Pages
1340-1353.e16
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3090209951
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561
References
58
FWCI
12.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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bronze
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  • National Institutes of Health (U19AI118626, R01HL114093, U19AI142742-0S1, S10OD025052, S10RR027366, U19AI14274, R35-GM128938, BD FACSAria-II)
  • National Institute for Health Research

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Meckiff, B. J., Ramírez-Suástegui, C., Fajardo, V., Chee, S. J., Kusnadi, A., Simon, H., Eschweiler, S., Grifoni, A., Pelosi, E., Weiskopf, D., Sette, A., Ay, F., Seumois, G., Ottensmeier, C. H., & Vijayanand, P. (2020). Imbalance of Regulatory and Cytotoxic SARS-CoV-2-Reactive CD4+ T Cells in COVID-19. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.001

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