Article ; Online: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals HIF1A as a Severity-Sensitive Immunological Scar in Circulating Monocytes of Convalescent Comorbidity-Free COVID-19 Patients.
2024 Volume 13, Issue 4
Abstract: COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is characterized by a wide range of clinical symptoms and a poorly predictable disease course. Although in-depth transcriptomic investigations of peripheral blood samples ... ...
| Abstract | COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is characterized by a wide range of clinical symptoms and a poorly predictable disease course. Although in-depth transcriptomic investigations of peripheral blood samples from COVID-19 patients have been performed, the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying an asymptomatic, mild or severe disease course, particularly in patients without relevant comorbidities, remain poorly understood. While previous studies have mainly focused on the cellular and molecular dissection of ongoing COVID-19, we set out to characterize transcriptomic immune cell dysregulation at the single-cell level at different time points in patients without comorbidities after disease resolution to identify signatures of different disease severities in convalescence. With single-cell RNA sequencing, we reveal a role for hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1A) as a severity-sensitive long-term immunological scar in circulating monocytes of convalescent COVID-19 patients. Additionally, we show that circulating complexes formed by monocytes with either T cells or NK cells represent a characteristic cellular marker in convalescent COVID-19 patients irrespective of their preceding symptom severity. Together, these results provide cellular and molecular correlates of recovery from COVID-19 and could help in immune monitoring and in the design of new treatment strategies. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Monocytes ; Cicatrix ; Sequence Analysis, RNA ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit |
| Chemical Substances | HIF1A protein, human ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-02-06 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2661518-6 |
| ISSN | 2073-4409 ; 2073-4409 |
| ISSN (online) | 2073-4409 |
| ISSN | 2073-4409 |
| DOI | 10.3390/cells13040300 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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