The noncoding and coding transcriptional landscape of the peripheral immune response in patients with COVID‐19

Background COVID‐19 is currently a global pandemic, but the response of human immune system to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection remains unclear. Noncoding RNAs serve as immune regulators and thus may play a critical role in disease progression. Methods We performed multi‐transcriptome sequencing of both noncoding RNAs and mRNAs isolated from the red blood cell depleted whole blood of moderate and severe...