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Review
. 2020 Oct;36(10):908-913.
doi: 10.1051/medsci/2020168. Epub 2020 Sep 22.

[Adaptive immunity against SARS-CoV-2]

[Article in French]
Béhazine Combadière  1
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Review

[Adaptive immunity against SARS-CoV-2]

[Article in French]
Béhazine Combadière. Med Sci (Paris). 2020 Oct.
Free article

Abstract
in English, French

The impact of host adaptive immune response on COVID-19 has now become a critical issue in absence of specific therapy and immunotherapies. In SARS CoV-2 infection, the immune response is thought to contribute both to the pathogenesis of the disease and to protection during its resolution. While mild cases develop an immune response that contributes to host protection, immunity of severely infected patients is a balance between harmful and protective immune responses. The severity of the disease has raised many questions about the kinetic, amplitude and the quality of adaptive immunity to the virus and its generation during the early phases of infection in severe, mild and asymptomatic patients. The role of antibody and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses have been studied and the development of an adaptive immunity seems to correlate with convalescence. The bioinformatics study of the T and B epitopes of coronaviruses has raised the question of the existence of cross-immunity between SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses such as MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. In this review, we discuss the adaptive immune responses and their potential roles in protection during COVID-19.

Title: Immunité adaptative contre le virus SARS-CoV-2.

Abstract: Le rôle protecteur de la réponse immunitaire adaptative de l’hôte au cours de l’infection par le SARS-CoV-2 est devenu une question critique en l’absence d’un traitement spécifique, d‘un vaccin préventif ou d’une immunothérapie. Au cours de l’infection par le SARS-CoV-2, la réponse immunitaire contribuerait à la défense de l’hôte dans la majorité des cas, mais serait responsable de sa pathogénèse chez certains malades. Notamment, au cours des formes sévères, un déséquilibre entre les réponses immunitaires innée et adaptative pourrait être fatal. Au cours de la COVID-19, de nombreuses questions se posent sur la génération de l’immunité spécifique contre les diverses protéines du virus, la cinétique, la fonction des anticorps, ainsi que la qualité des réponses des lymphocytes effecteurs CD4+ et CD8+ pour la protection de l’hôte. L’étude bio-informatique des épitopes T et B des coronavirus a soulevé la question de l’immunité croisée entre le SARS-COV-2 et d’autres coronavirus sources d’infection bénigne ou responsables de pneumopathies graves telles que le MERS-CoV et le SARS-CoV. Dans cette revue, nous faisons le point sur les réponses immunitaires adaptatives au cours de la COVID-19 et leurs rôles potentiels dans la protection des personnes infectées.

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