在儿童多系统炎症综合征 (MIS-C) 中绘制系统性炎症和抗体反应
Conor N Gruber1, Roosheel S Patel1, Rebecca Trachtman2
1Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, NY, USA; Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, NY, USA; Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, NY, USA.
Cell
|September 29, 2020
概括
患有多系统炎症综合征 (MIS-C) 的儿童先前暴露于SARS-CoV-2并表现出不同的免疫特征. 用抗IL-6R或IVIG治疗迅速缓解了MIS- C的症状,表明有效的治疗点.
科学领域:
- 儿童免疫学
- 传染性疾病
- 病毒学
背景情况:
- 严重急性呼吸道综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2) 最初出现是为了避免儿童患上严重的疾病.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间出现了一种新的儿童多系统炎症综合征 (MIS-C).
- 了解MIS-C的免疫反应对于开发有效治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查诊断为MIS-C的儿童的免疫特征.
- 确定与MIS- C相关的特定炎症标志物,免疫细胞变化和自身抗体反应.
- 评估抗IL- 6R抗体和静脉注射免疫球蛋白 (IVIG) 在治疗MIS- C中的有效性.
主要方法:
- 在9名MIS-C患者中分析免疫特征.
- 对细胞因子进行分析以评估炎症特征.
- 周围血液的免疫类型测定以分析免疫细胞群.
- 患者血的自身抗原反应概况.
主要成果:
- 所有MIS-C患者均有之前感染SARS-CoV-2的证据,并具有中和抗体反应.
- 观察到IL-18,IL-6,CCL3,CCL4,CDCP1,IL-17A,CCL20和CCL28的水平升高.
- 发现非经典单细胞和特定NK和T淋巴细胞的减少.
- 发现了针对内皮,胃肠和免疫细胞的自身抗体,包括抗La.
结论:
- 在接触SARS-CoV-2后,MIS-C的特征是明显的炎症免疫特征和自身抗体的产生.
- 针对IL-6受体或使用IVIG的治疗干预措施在MIS- C患者中显示出快速的临床改善.
- 这些发现突出了MIS-C的潜在治疗策略和诊断标记.
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