Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, in love with a red-haired beautiful woman, his kids... and immunology. He/him/his. 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 Views my own.
Aug 19, 2021 • 7 tweets • 14 min read
#location location location: thrilled to share our work @CellCellPress! #interferons dictate #COVID19 severity! Specific #IFNs are produced along the #airways in response to #SARSCoV2 and drive protective or detrimental #transcriptional programs! 1/7 doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…
IFNs are driven by high #viral#loads, suggesting that viral recognition is only achieved when #SARSCoV2 reaches a certain threshold! Efficient induction of protective IFNs is preferentially achieved by younger patients, further explaining susceptibility of elders to #COVID19 2/7