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letter . 2021 Feb 1:jiab061. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab061
Increased PD-L1 expression may be associated with the cytokine storm and CD8 + T-cell exhaustion in severe COVID-19
Jiezhong Chen
1,✉, Luis Vitetta
1,2,✉
Jiezhong Chen
1
Research Department, Medlab Clinical, Sydney, Australia
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Luis Vitetta
1
Research Department, Medlab Clinical, Sydney, Australia
2
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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1
Research Department, Medlab Clinical, Sydney, Australia
2
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Corresponding : Dr. Jiezhong Chen Email: Jiezhong_chen@medlab.co, Professor Luis Vitetta Email: luis_vitetta@medlab.co, luis.vitetta@sydney.edu.au
Received 2021 Jan 7.
Keywords: cytokine storm, signalling pathways, PD-L1, CD8 + T-cell exhaustion
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See commentary "Reply to Chen and Vitetta." with doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab062.