Influenza vaccination reveals sex dimorphic imprints of prior mild COVID-19
Sparks R, Lau W, Liu C, Han K, Vrindten K, Sun G, Cox M, Andrews S, Bansal N, Failla L, Manischewitz J, Grubbs G, King L, Koroleva G, Leimenstoll S, Snow L, Chen J, Tang J, Mukherjee A, Sellers B, Apps R, McDermott A, Martins A, Bloch E, Golding H, Khurana S, Tsang J. Influenza vaccination reveals sex dimorphic imprints of prior mild COVID-19. Nature 2023, 614: 752-761. PMID: 36599369, PMCID: PMC10481789, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05670-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild COVID-19Control individualsInnate immune genesInfluenza vaccinationCOVID-19Day 28Day 1Viral infectionNon-hospitalized COVID-19Baseline immune statusAcute viral infectionSex-matched control individualsMemory-like CD8IL-15 responsesIL-15 stimulationSex-dimorphic effectsToll-like receptorsFuture immune responseHealthy control individualsImmune genesSystems immunology approachT-cell activation signaturesHealthy male individualsMale individualsMore IFNγ