COVID-19 is a serious pandemic threat to public health, but insights on the pathophysiological and immunological conditions are only emerging. Here the authors use multi-color flow cytometry to characterize CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood from 39 COVID-19 patients in Italy to report altered T cell activation, function and polarization.
- Sara De Biasi
- Marianna Meschiari
- Andrea Cossarizza