Smruti Pushalkar, Shaohuan Wu, Shuvadeep Maity, Matthew Pressler, Justin Rendleman, Burcu Vitrinel, Lauren Jeffery, Ryah Abdelhadi, Mechi Chen, Ted Ross, Michael Carlock, Hyungwon Choi, Christine Vogel
The COVID-19 pandemic, triggered by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has affected millions of people worldwide. Much research has been dedicated to our understanding of COVID-19 disease heterogeneity and severity, but less is known about recovery associated changes. To address this gap in knowledge, we quantified the proteome from serum samples from 29 COVID-19 convalescents and 29 age-, race-, and sex-matched healthy controls. Samples were acquired within the first months of the pandemic. Many proteins from pathways known to change during acute COVID-19 illness, such as from the complement cascade, coagulation system, inflammation and adaptive immune system, had returned to levels seen in healthy controls...
February 23, 2024: Scientific Reports