Memory T Cells Discrepancies in COVID-19 Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Patients and Subjects
2.2. Flow Cytometric Detection of Subset of T Lymphocytes
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Demographics, Comorbidities, and Laboratory Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients
3.2. The Changes in the Percentages of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells and Their Memory Subsets in Patients, Recovered, and Control Groups
3.3. Differences in the Percentage of Immune Cells According to Sex of COVID-19 Patients
3.4. Differences in the Percentage of Immune Cells According to Hypertension and Diabetes in COVID-19 Patients
3.5. Relation of COVID-19 Severity to Immune Cells
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Data | Control | Recovered COVID-19 | COVID-19 Patients |
---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SE) | 58.3 ± 3.5 y | 60.2 ± 2 y | 61.1 ± 1.5 y |
Median (min–max) | 57 (52–76) | 59 (53–75) | 60 (50–78) |
Sex (m/f) | 14/11 | 9/7 | 20/15 |
Hypertension | - | - | 21 (60%) |
Diabetes | - | - | 22 (62.9%) |
Severity of COVID-19 | - | - | |
Non-severe | 8 (22.9%) | ||
Severe | 27 (77.1%) |
Characteristic | Descriptive (Mean ± SE) |
---|---|
D-dimer (µ/mL) | 3.7 ± 0.4 |
Ferritin (ng/mL) | 643 ± 60.5 |
CRP (µg/mL) | 106.0 ± 12.2 |
RBCs (million/mm3) | 4.7 ± 0.2 |
Hemoglobin level | 12.4 ± 0.4 |
Platelets (million/mm3) | 259.1 ± 17.8 |
WBCs (million/mm3) | 11.6 ± 0.8 |
Neutrophils (million/mm3) | 10.4 ± 0.8 |
Lymphocytes (million/mm3) | 0.95 ± 0.1 |
Monocytes (million/mm3) | 0.63 ± 0.1 |
Eosinophils (million/mm3) | 0.02 ± 0.01 |
Basophils (million/mm3) | 0.025 ± 0.004 |
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Al Saihati, H.A.; Hussein, H.A.M.; Thabet, A.A.; Wardany, A.A.; Mahmoud, S.Y.; Farrag, E.S.; Mohamed, T.I.A.; Fathy, S.M.; Elnosary, M.E.; Sobhy, A.; et al. Memory T Cells Discrepancies in COVID-19 Patients. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2737. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112737
Al Saihati HA, Hussein HAM, Thabet AA, Wardany AA, Mahmoud SY, Farrag ES, Mohamed TIA, Fathy SM, Elnosary ME, Sobhy A, et al. Memory T Cells Discrepancies in COVID-19 Patients. Microorganisms. 2023; 11(11):2737. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112737
Chicago/Turabian StyleAl Saihati, Hajir A., Hosni A. M. Hussein, Ali A. Thabet, Ahmed A. Wardany, Sabry Y. Mahmoud, Eman S. Farrag, Taha I. A. Mohamed, Samah M. Fathy, Mohamed E. Elnosary, Ali Sobhy, and et al. 2023. "Memory T Cells Discrepancies in COVID-19 Patients" Microorganisms 11, no. 11: 2737. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112737
APA StyleAl Saihati, H. A., Hussein, H. A. M., Thabet, A. A., Wardany, A. A., Mahmoud, S. Y., Farrag, E. S., Mohamed, T. I. A., Fathy, S. M., Elnosary, M. E., Sobhy, A., Ahmed, A. E., El-Adly, A. M., El-Shenawy, F. S., Elsadek, A. A., Rayan, A., Zahran, Z. A. M., El-Badawy, O., El-Naggar, M. G. M., Afifi, M. M., & Zahran, A. M. (2023). Memory T Cells Discrepancies in COVID-19 Patients. Microorganisms, 11(11), 2737. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11112737