Lymphocyte B Subtypes in Peripheral Blood: A Prognostic Biomarker for COVID-19 Patients.
Mariano FelisbertoLaura Otto WalterChandra Chiappin CardosoÍris Mattos Santos-PirathHeloisa Zorzi CostaRafaela GartnerIsabel WerleEduarda Talita Bramorski MohrJulia Salvan da RosaTainá Larissa LubschinskiIara Fabricia KretzerIvete Ioshiko MasukawaPatrícia de Almeida VannyMagali Chaves LuizAna Carolina Rabello de MoraesMaria Claudia Santos-SilvaEduardo Monguilhott DalmarcoPublished in: The journal of applied laboratory medicine (2024)
This study demonstrates that the B-cell compartment may contribute to the development of clinical symptoms of COVID-19, with changes in B-cell subset counts linked to disease course and patient prognosis.