Professional Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese Academy Of Sciences (2018)
  • Master of Science, Nankai University (2014)
  • Bachelor of Agriculture, Agricultural University Of Shandong (2010)

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  • Systems biological assessment of immunity to mild versus severe COVID-19 infection in humans. Science (New York, N.Y.) Arunachalam, P. S., Wimmers, F., Mok, C. K., Perera, R. A., Scott, M., Hagan, T., Sigal, N., Feng, Y., Bristow, L., Tak-Yin Tsang, O., Wagh, D., Coller, J., Pellegrini, K. L., Kazmin, D., Alaaeddine, G., Leung, W. S., Chan, J. M., Chik, T. S., Choi, C. Y., Huerta, C., Paine McCullough, M., Lv, H., Anderson, E., Edupuganti, S., Upadhyay, A. A., Bosinger, S. E., Maecker, H. T., Khatri, P., Rouphael, N., Peiris, M., Pulendran, B. 2020

    Abstract

    COVID-19 represents a global crisis, yet major knowledge gaps remain about human immunity to SARS-CoV-2. We analyzed immune responses in 76 COVID-19 patients and 69 healthy individuals from Hong Kong and Atlanta. In PBMCs of COVID-19 patients, there was reduced expression of HLA-DR and pro-inflammatory cytokines by myeloid cells, and impaired mTOR-signaling and IFN-alpha production by plasmacytoid DCs. In contrast, there were enhanced plasma levels of inflammatory mediators, including EN-RAGE, TNFSF14, and oncostatin-M, which correlated with disease severity and increased bacterial products in human plasma. Single-cell transcriptomics revealed no type-I IFN, reduced HLA-DR in myeloid cells of severe patients, and transient expression of IFN-stimulated genes. This was consistent with bulk PBMC transcriptomics, and transient, low plasma IFN-alpha levels during infection. These results reveal mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.abc6261

    View details for PubMedID 32788292