Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Institute for Human Infections & Immunity, Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Future Microbiol. 2022 Sep;17:985-988. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2022-0103. Epub 2022 Jul 28.
Tweetable abstract Severe COVID-19 patients display dysregulated expression of checkpoint molecules PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1, suggesting that these checkpoint molecules could be considered as prognostic markers and therapeutic targets in severe cases of COVID-19.
严重 COVID-19 患者表现出检查点分子 PD-1 及其配体 PD-L1 的失调表达,表明这些检查点分子可被视为 COVID-19 重症病例的预后标志物和治疗靶点。