Consiglio et al 2020 Cell The Immunology of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19

Publication: "The Immunology of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19".

Plasma protein profiling was performed at SciLifeLab's Translational Plasma Profiling Facility. The datasets, metadata and supplementary tables here include multiple omics data from plasma protein expression (Olink - NPX values), FACS and Autoantibodies. See README file for description of files attached.

Publication summary: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is typically very mild and often asymptomatic in children. A complication is the rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC) associated with COVID-19, presenting 4–6 weeks after infection as high fever, organ dysfunction, and strongly elevated markers of inflammation. The pathogenesis is unclear but has overlapping features with Kawasaki disease suggestive of vasculitis and a likely autoimmune etiology. We apply systems-level analyses of blood immune cells, cytokines, and autoantibodies in healthy children, children with Kawasaki disease enrolled prior to COVID-19, children infected with SARS-CoV-2, and children presenting with MIS-C. We find that the inflammatory response in MIS-C differs from the cytokine storm of severe acute COVID-19, shares several features with Kawasaki disease, but also differs from this condition with respect to T cell subsets, interleukin (IL)-17A, and biomarkers associated with arterial damage. Finally, autoantibody profiling suggests multiple autoantibodies that could be involved in the pathogenesis of MIS-C."