Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064190%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000140" target="_blank" >RIV/00064190:_____/21:N0000140 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00064203:_____/21:10430129 RIV/00216208:11130/21:10430129

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.science.org/cms/asset/f2085e68-f5f9-459a-ace7-bdb7f22df3ab/sciimmunol.abl4340.v1.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.science.org/cms/asset/f2085e68-f5f9-459a-ace7-bdb7f22df3ab/sciimmunol.abl4340.v1.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340" target="_blank" >10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths

Original language description

Circulating autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing high concentrations (10 ng/ml; in plasma diluted 1:10) of IFN-α and/or IFN-ω are found in about 10% of patients with critical COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pneumonia but not in individuals with asymptomatic infections. We detect auto-Abs neutralizing 100-fold lower, more physiological, concentrations of IFN-α and/or IFN-ω (100 pg/ml; in 1:10 dilutions of plasma) in 13.6% of 3595 patients with critical COVID-19, including 21% of 374 patients >80 years, and 6.5% of 522 patients with severe COVID-19. These antibodies are also detected in 18% of the 1124 deceased patients (aged 20 days to 99 years; mean: 70 years). Moreover, another 1.3% of patients with critical COVID-19 and 0.9% of the deceased patients have auto-Abs neutralizing high concentrations of IFN-β. We also show, in a sample of 34,159 uninfected individuals from the general population, that auto-Abs neutralizing high concentrations of IFN-α and/or IFN-ω are present in 0.18% of individuals between 18 and 69 years, 1.1% between 70 and 79 years, and 3.4% >80 years. Moreover, the proportion of individuals carrying auto-Abs neutralizing lower concentrations is greater in a subsample of 10,778 uninfected individuals: 1% of individuals [removed]80 years. By contrast, auto-Abs neutralizing IFN-β do not become more frequent with age. Auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs predate SARS-CoV-2 infection and sharply increase in prevalence after the age of 70 years. They account for about 20% of both critical COVID-19 cases in the over 80s and total fatal COVID-19 cases.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30102 - Immunology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science Immunology

ISSN

2470-9468

e-ISSN

2470-9468

Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

62

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

36

Pages from-to

Article number eabl4340

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85113517428