COVID-19

Miriam Merad1, Catherine A Blish2, Federica Sallusto3,4

  • 1Precision Immunology Institute, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 10, 2022
PubMed
まとめ

このレビューは,SARS-CoV-2感染に対する免疫反応と重症疾患およびロング・COVIDに影響を与える要因を詳細に述べ,COVID-19免疫学の研究を要約しています. 炎症性疾患の主要な発見と将来の研究方向を強調しています.

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