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Intermediate monocytes expansion and homing markers expression in COVID-19 patients associate with kidney dysfunction.

Chiara DentoneDaniela FenoglioAlessia ParodiTiziana AltosoleAntonio Di BiagioFederica BozzanoGiorgia NasiAntonio VenaMarina FabbiFrancesca FerreraBianca BruzzoneMauro GiacominiDaniele Roberto GiacobbePaolo PelosiAndrea De MariaMatteo BassettiRaffaele De PalmaGilberto Filaci
Published in: Clinical and experimental medicine (2022)
Patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection have an overwhelming inflammatory response characterized by remarkable organs monocyte infiltration. We performed an immunophenotypic analysis on circulating monocytes in 19 COVID-19 patients in comparison with 11 naïve HIV-1 patients and 10 healthy subjects. Reduced frequency of classical monocytes and increased frequency of intermediate monocytes characterized COVID-19 patients with respect to both HIV naïve patients and healthy subjects. Intensity of C-C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) monocyte expression highly correlated with parameters of kidney dysfunction. Our data indicate that highly activated monocytes of COVID-19 patients may be pathogenically associated with the development of renal disease.
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