Journal: Journal of Internal Medicine
Article Title: Persistent T‐cell exhaustion in relation to prolonged pulmonary pathology and death after severe COVID‐19: Results from two Norwegian cohort studies
doi: 10.1111/joim.13549
Figure Lengend Snippet: sCD25 and sTim‐3 at follow‐up and in relation to pulmonary pathology. Temporal profile of (a) sCD25 and (c) sTim‐3 during the first 10 days after admission according to impaired diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DL CO , above or below the lower limit of normal [LLN]) or reversible (Rev) or irreversible (Irrev) computed tomography (CT) changes at 3‐month follow‐up. The p‐values reflect the group (outcome) effect from the linear mixed models adjusting for randomized treatment, age, sex, and neutrophil counts. Blue areas in panels a and c reflect the reference value range. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 between groups. Panels b and d (left part) show levels of sCD25 (b) and sTim‐3 (d) at 3 and 12 months (n = 257) compared with healthy controls (n = 21). The right parts of panels b and d show levels of sCD25 (b) and sTim‐3 (d) at 3 months in relation to DL CO below or above LLN and reversible and irreversible CT changes at 3 months. # p < 0.01 versus DL CO < LLN.
Article Snippet: Soluble levels of sCD25 and sTim‐3 were measured in duplicate by enzyme immunoassays (EIA) using commercially available antibodies (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) in a 384‐format using a combination of a SELMA (Jena, Germany) pipetting robot and a BioTek (Winooski, VT, USA) dispenser/washer.
Techniques: Computed Tomography