Impaired immune responses in the airways are associated with poor outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Clea R BarnettKelsey KrolikowskiRadu PostelnicuVikramjit MukherjeeImran SulaimanMatthew ChungLuis AngelJun-Chieh J TsayBenjamin G WuStephen T YeungRalf DuerrLudovic DesvignesKamal KhannaYonghua LiRosemary SchlugerSamaan RafeqDestiny CollazoYaa KyerematengNancy AmorosoDeepak PradhanSanchita DasLaura EvansTimothy M UyekiElodie GhedinGregg J SilvermanLeopoldo N SegalShari B BrosnahanPublished in: ERJ open research (2024)
Our data highlight the critical role of local adaptive immunity in the airways as a key defence mechanism against primary SARS-CoV-2 infection.