SARS-CoV-2 infection as a trigger of humoral response against apolipoprotein A-1.
Sabrina PaganoSabine YerlyBenjamin MeyerCatherine JuillardNoémie SuhChristophe Le TerrierJean-Pierre DaguerLluc Farrera-SolerSofia BarluengaGiovanni PiumattiOliver HartleyBarbara LemaitreChristiane S EberhardtClaire-Anne SiegristIsabella EckerleSilvia StringhiniIdris GuessousLaurent KaiserJerome PuginNicolas WinssingerNicolas VuilleumierPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2021)
COVID-19 induces a marked humoral response against the major protein of high-density lipoproteins. As a correlate of poorer prognosis in other clinical settings, such autoimmunity signatures may relate to long-term COVID-19 prognosis assessment and warrant further scrutiny in the current COVID-19 pandemic.