Cytokine elevation in severe and critical COVID-19: a rapid systematic review, meta-analysis, and comparison with other inflammatory syndromes

DE Leisman, L Ronner, R Pinotti, MD Taylor… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The description of a so-called cytokine storm in patients with COVID-19 has prompted
consideration of anti-cytokine therapies, particularly interleukin-6 antagonists. However …

COVID-19: immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapeutics

L Yang, S Liu, J Liu, Z Zhang, X Wan… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
The recent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is seeing a rapid increase in infected …

Cytokine storm in COVID-19: the current evidence and treatment strategies

Y Tang, J Liu, D Zhang, Z Xu, J Ji, C Wen - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) is the pathogen that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of 25 May 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 has …

Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes

T Takahashi, MK Ellingson, P Wong, B Israelow… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
There is increasing evidence that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) produces more
severe symptoms and higher mortality among men than among women,,,–. However …

COVID-19: immunopathology and its implications for therapy

X Cao - Nature reviews immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by pneumonia, lymphopenia,
exhausted lymphocytes and a cytokine storm. Significant antibody production is observed; …

Immune response in COVID-19: addressing a pharmacological challenge by targeting pathways triggered by SARS-CoV-2

M Catanzaro, F Fagiani, M Racchi, E Corsini… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
To date, no vaccines or effective drugs have been approved to prevent or treat COVID-19
and the current standard care relies on supportive treatments. Therefore, based on the fast …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infection alters kynurenine and fatty acid metabolism, correlating with IL-6 levels and renal status

T Thomas, D Stefanoni, JA Reisz, T Nemkov… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Reprogramming of host metabolism supports viral pathogenesis by fueling
viral proliferation, by providing, for example, free amino acids and fatty acids as building …

Cytokine storm and leukocyte changes in mild versus severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: Review of 3939 COVID-19 patients in China and emerging pathogenesis and …

J Wang, M Jiang, X Chen… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Clinical evidence indicates that the fatal outcome observed with severe acute respiratory
syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection often results from alveolar injury that impedes airway …

SARS-COV-2 variants: differences and potential of immune evasion

SM Hirabara, TDA Serdan, R Gorjao… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The structural spike (S) glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) plays an essential role in infection and is an important target for neutralizing …

Pathophysiology of COVID-19: why children fare better than adults?

N Dhochak, T Singhal, SK Kabra, R Lodha - The Indian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The world is facing Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is causing a
large number of deaths and burden on intensive care facilities. It is caused by Severe Acute …