High Frequencies of Phenotypically and Functionally Senescent and Exhausted CD56+CD57+PD-1+ Natural Killer Cells, SARS-CoV-2-Specific Memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells Associated with Severe Disease in Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients
L. BenMohamed, R. Srivastava, N. Dhanushkodi…·A. Quadiri
This study identifies increased exhaustion and senescence markers in NK and T cells of unvaccinated symptomatic COVID-19 patients, correlating with severe disease.