The common cold significantly impacts the human immune system
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Clinical and experimental evidence establishes that common cold viruses, such as human rhinovirus, significantly engage, trigger, and interact with the human innate and adaptive immune systems.
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Hidden in plain sight: the impact of human rhinovirus infection in adults.
2025 · cited by 23
The paper documents how human rhinovirus, a primary common cold pathogen, extensively interacts with and evades the adaptive immune system while causing severe respiratory illness.
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The Common Cold Is Associated With Protection From SARS-CoV-2 Infections.
2025 · cited by 4
The study demonstrates that common cold viral infections induce significant changes in airway antiviral gene expression and immune defense mechanisms.
Tonic and early interferons defend against respiratory viruses in primary human lung organoid-derived air-liquid interface cultures.
2026 · cited by 0
Research shows that common cold viruses like rhinovirus elicit robust early interferon and innate immune responses in human airway cultures.