Similar Kinetics of Pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 Load in Intensive Care Unit Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia with or Without Autoantibodies Neutralizing Type I Interferons
J Clin Immunol. 2024 Nov 20;45(1):45. doi: 10.1007/s10875-024-01839-x. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: The pathogenesis of life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in ICU patients can involve pre-existing auto-antibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs). The impact of these auto-Abs on SARS-CoV-2 clearance in the lower respiratory tract (LRT) is unclear. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study in … Read more