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<h4>Background</h4>Covid-19 morbidity and mortality are associated with a dysregulated immune response. Tools are needed to enhance existing immune profiling capabilities in affected patients. Here we aimed to develop an approach to support the design of targeted blood transcriptome panels for profiling the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.<h4>Methods</h4>We designed a pool of candidates based on a pre-existing and well-characterized repertoire of blood transcriptional modules. Available Covid-19 blood transcriptome data was also used to guide this process. Further selection steps relied on expert curation. Additionally, we developed several custom web applications to support the evaluation of candidates.<h4>Results</h4>As a proof of principle, we designed three targeted blood transcript panels, each with a different translational connotation: immunological relevance, therapeutic development relevance and SARS biology relevance.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Altogether the work presented here may contribute to the future expansion of immune profiling capabilities via targeted profiling of blood transcript abundance in Covid-19 patients.

Original publication

DOI

10.1186/s12967-020-02456-z

Type

Journal

Journal of translational medicine

Publication Date

31/07/2020

Volume

18

Addresses

Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.

Keywords

Immune System, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Antibodies, Viral, Gene Expression Profiling, Internet, Software, Adult, Pandemics, Transcriptome, Betacoronavirus, RNA-Seq, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2