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SARS-CoV-2 effectively SURPRESSES interferon (IFN) expression, leading to B cell and CD8+ T cell LEUKOPENIA 😨
"SARS-CoV-2 selectively induces the expression of unproductive splicing isoforms of interferon, class I MHC and splicing machinery genes"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.12.536671v1