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SARS‐CoV‐2, the Virus that Causes COVID‐19: Cytometry and the New Challenge for Global Health The immune system is deeply involved in the pathogenesis of Covid‐19, and indeed the cytokine storm is responsible for most cellular and tissue damages As immunologists, we have to put all our efforts in understanding how this occurs, and can be blocked In a recent issue of Cytometry Part A, Cossarizza et al report some fine details of the T cell compartment, analysed by polychromatic flow cytometry, in a representative patient The different features of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in terms of differentiation, activation and exhaustion likely indicate the way to follow to characterize Covid‐19 patients and describe the results of therapeutic strategies
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