Impaired immune response drives age-dependent severity of COVID-19
J. Beer, S. Crotta, A. Breithaupt, A. Ohnemus, J. Becker, B. Sachs, L. Kern, M. Llorian, N. Ebert, F. Labroussaa, T. T. N. Tran, B. S. Trueeb, J. Jores, V. Thiel, M. Beer, , D. Schnepf
This study identifies impaired interferon responses as a cause of age-dependent COVID-19 severity and shows that combined IFN-γ and IFN-λ therapy can mitigate disease in aged mice.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2022Immunology