Neutralizing Type I Interferon Autoantibodies in Japanese Patients with Severe COVID-19.
Shohei EtoYoko NukuiMiyuki TsumuraYu NakagamaKenichi KashimadaYoko MizoguchiTakanori UtsumiMaki TaniguchiFumiaki SakuraKosuke NomaYusuke YoshidaShinichiro OhshimoShintaro NagashimaKeisuke OkamotoAkifumi EndoKohsuke ImaiHirokazu KaneganeHidenori OhnishiShintaro HirataEiji SugiyamaNobuaki ShimeMasanori ItoHiroki OhgeYasutoshi KidoPaul BastardJean-Laurent CasanovaOsamu OharaJunko TanakaTomohiro MorioSatoshi OkadaPublished in: Journal of clinical immunology (2022)
In this study, we revealed that patients with pre-existing naAbs have a much higher risk of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia in Japanese population.