Peripheral Plasma Cells Associated with Mortality Benefit in Severe COVID-19: A Marker of Disease Resolution
Cytokines seen in severe COVID-19 are associated with proliferation, differentiation, and survival of plasma cells. Plasma cells are not routinely found in peripheral blood, though may produce virus-neutralizing antibodies in COVID-19 later in the course of an infection.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Mary Boulanger, Emily Molina, Kunbo Wang, Thomas Kickler, Yanxun Xu, Brian T. Garibaldi Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research