id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-279311-msh9wvsh Wang, Fan Characteristics of Peripheral Lymphocyte Subset Alteration in COVID-19 Pneumonia 2020-03-30 .txt text/plain 2722 183 52 METHODS: The levels of peripheral lymphocyte subsets were measured by flow cytometry in 60 hospitalized COVID-19 patients before and after treatment, and their association with clinical characteristics and treatment efficacy was analyzed. In this study, we aimed to clarify the characteristics and clinical significance of peripheral lymphocyte subset alteration in COVID-19, which might help elucidate the pathogenesis and develop novel biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for COVID-19. In multivariate analysis, posttreatment decrease in CD8 + T cells (P = .011) and B cells (P = .010) and increase in CD4 + / CD8 + ratio (P = .032) indicated a poor efficacy when considering the factors of age, sex, disease severity on admission, oxygen inhalation, antiviral treatment, and use of corticosteroid and immune enhancer ( Table 2) . Effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus infection on peripheral blood lymphocytes and their subsets ./cache/cord-279311-msh9wvsh.txt ./txt/cord-279311-msh9wvsh.txt