[HTML][HTML] New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

SE Chang, A Feng, W Meng, SA Apostolidis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SE Chang, A Feng, W Meng, SA Apostolidis, E Mack, M Artandi, L Barman, K Bennett…
Nature communications, 2021nature.com
COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including autoimmune
features and autoantibody production. Here we develop three protein arrays to measure IgG
autoantibodies associated with connective tissue diseases, anti-cytokine antibodies, and
anti-viral antibody responses in serum from 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Autoantibodies are identified in approximately 50% of patients but in less than 15% of
healthy controls. When present, autoantibodies largely target autoantigens associated with …
Abstract
COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including autoimmune features and autoantibody production. Here we develop three protein arrays to measure IgG autoantibodies associated with connective tissue diseases, anti-cytokine antibodies, and anti-viral antibody responses in serum from 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Autoantibodies are identified in approximately 50% of patients but in less than 15% of healthy controls. When present, autoantibodies largely target autoantigens associated with rare disorders such as myositis, systemic sclerosis and overlap syndromes. A subset of autoantibodies targeting traditional autoantigens or cytokines develop de novo following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Autoantibodies track with longitudinal development of IgG antibodies recognizing SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins and a subset of non-structural proteins, but not proteins from influenza, seasonal coronaviruses or other pathogenic viruses. We conclude that SARS-CoV-2 causes development of new-onset IgG autoantibodies in a significant proportion of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and are positively correlated with immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
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