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. 2021 Feb;147(2):567-568.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.007. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Marked changes in innate immunity associated with a mild course of COVID-19 in identical twins with athymia and absent circulating T cells

Argentina Colmenero-Velázquez  1 , Gloria Esteso  2 , Teresa Del Rosal  3 , Ane Calvo Apalategui  2 , Hugh Reyburn  2 , Eduardo López-Granados  4
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Marked changes in innate immunity associated with a mild course of COVID-19 in identical twins with athymia and absent circulating T cells

Argentina Colmenero-Velázquez et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Feb.
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Fig 1
Prospective flow cytometric and molecular studies in peripheral blood after positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR result: A, Automated population separator (APS) diagram of major lymphocyte subpopulations in a representative study of one of the patients, showing persistent almost complete T-cell lymphopenia. B, Expression of a set of IFN-αβ ISGs in whole blood; green color represents increased expression; HACs, average value of 4 healthy adult controls. C, Absolute numbers of lymphocyte subpopulations in both twins. D, Dot-plots of immune phenotyping showing transient increase in CD3−CD56dim CD16+ NKG2C+CD57− NK cells. FSC, Forward scatter; HAC, Healthy adult control; NV, normal values; SSC, side scatter; Tw, twin.
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