Affiliation:
1. ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis-International Center for Excellence in Research , Chennai, India
2. ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis , Chennai, India
3. National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR) , Near Ambattur, Ayapakkam, Chennai, India
4. ICMR-NIRT-International Center for Excellence in Research , Chennai, India
Abstract
Abstract
T cells are thought to be an important correlates of protection against SARS-CoV2 infection. However, the composition of T cell subsets in convalescent individuals of SARS-CoV2 infection has not been well studied. The authors determined the lymphocyte absolute counts, the frequency of memory T cell subsets, and the plasma levels of common γ−chain in 7 groups of COVID-19 individuals, based on days since RT-PCR confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The data show that both absolute counts and frequencies of lymphocytes as well as, the frequencies of CD4+ central and effector memory cells increased, and the frequencies of CD4+ naïve T cells, transitional memory, stem cell memory T cells, and regulatory cells decreased from Days 15–30 to Days 61–90 and plateaued thereafter. In addition, the frequencies of CD8+ central memory, effector, and terminal effector memory T cells increased, and the frequencies of CD8+ naïve cells, transitional memory, and stem cell memory T cells decreased from Days 15–30 to Days 61–90 and plateaued thereafter. The plasma levels of IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and IL-21—common γc cytokines started decreasing from Days 15–30 till Days 151–180. Severe COVID-19 patients exhibit decreased levels of lymphocyte counts and frequencies, higher frequencies of naïve cells, regulatory T cells, lower frequencies of central memory, effector memory, and stem cell memory, and elevated plasma levels of IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and IL-21. Finally, there was a significant correlation between memory T cell subsets and common γc cytokines. Thus, the study provides evidence of alterations in lymphocyte counts, memory T cell subset frequencies, and common γ−chain cytokines in convalescent COVID-19 individuals.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cell Biology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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