Ageing impairs the airway epithelium defence response to SARS-CoV-2
A. Capraro, S. L. Wong, A. Adhikari, K. M. Allan, H. R. Patel, L. Zhong, M. Raftery, A. Jaffe, M. Yeang, A. Aggarwal, L. Wu, E. Pandzic, R. M. Whan, S. Turville, O. Vittorio, , S. A. Waters
This study investigates age-related differences in the nasal epithelium's response to SARS-CoV-2, finding that older adults have impaired host defense and lower viral load due to reduced host machinery expression.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2021 · PreprintImmunology