Complex immune deregulation in severe COVID-19: More than a mechanism of pathogenesis.
Complex immune deregulation in severe COVID-19: More than a mechanism of pathogenesis.
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10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103673
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发表时间:
2021-11
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影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ
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Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ
The generated impression early at the beginning of the pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 (also called COVID-19) was that severe COVID-19 is due to a cytokine storm with the over-production of interleukin (IL)-6 as the predominant feature [1]. As more and more experience was acquired and IL-6 became a routine biomarker in many countries, it was realized that although IL-6 was increased this was not at the extent found in cytokine storm syndrome (CSS). CSS, also known as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), bears clinical features of high fever, hepatic dysfunction, cytopenias and coagulopathy and is manifested by rapidly evolving organ dysfunction leading to early death (2). Infectious disorders, amongst which SARS-CoV-2, are considered aetiological factors. However, not all patients with severe COVID-19 are suffering from MAS. MAS is classified using the HScore introduced by the American College of Rheumatology and provides separate scoring for core temperature, number of cytopenias, organomegaly, aspartate aminostransferase, triglycerides, fibrinogen, ferritin, history of immunosuppression and bone marrow hemophagocytosis [2]. HScore 169 or more is linked with 82% sensitivity for MAS. By applying the HScore as gold standard for diagnosis in 5121 Greek patients with bacterial sepsis split into one test and one validation cohorts and by also testing one cohort of 109 Swedish patients, serum ferritin was introduced as diagnostic tool; serum concentrations above 4420 ng/ml had 98% specificity and 97.1% negative predictive value [3]. However, MAS was found in only 3 to 4% of participants. At the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, we sought for ferritin in patients with severe respiratory failure (SRF) under mechanical ventilation (MV). We also isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for stimulation for cytokine production and we measured the number of HLA-DR (Human leukocyte Antigen DR) molecules on CD14-monocytes (mHLA-DR). Results were compared to patients with bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis; less than 5000 mHLA-DR was diagnostic of immunosuppression. Two immunological entities were recognized in patients with SRF; 25% had MAS and 75% had complex immune dysregulation (CID) with less than 5000 mHLA-DR. The CID of severe COVID-19 was distinct from sepsis-induced immunosuppression since PBMCs maintained their functionality for cytokine production, mainly for tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFa) and IL-6; in sepsis immunosuppression this functionality was lost [4]. Low mHLA-DR in severe COVID-19 has also been described in a small cohort of patients from Norway [5]. These findings were solidified by the study of Bonnet et al. in the current article of EBioMedicine [6]. The authors studied a cohort of 134 patients with SRF under MV split into two periods, March-June and September-November 2020, corresponding to the first two waves of COVID-19 in France. The two periods were also different regarding the standard-of-care (SOC) management since dexamethasone was added in the SOC of patients in the second wave following the results of the RECOVERY trial [7]. The authors identified strong traits of CID ie low mHLA-DR and moderate circulating levels of IL-6. Unfavourable outcome was associated with less than 5000 molecules of mHLA-DR and predisposition for secondary infections. The authors tried to make this more applicable for the routine evaluation of patients and introduced the serial measurement of the ratio of IL-6 to mHLA-DR. Values of this ratio above 18.1, within the first three days, and above 48.6 between days 7 and 10 were associated …
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发表时间:
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期刊:
Med (New York, N.Y.)
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