COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases

Y Liu, AH Sawalha, Q Lu - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
We present a review of the association between COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases,
focusing on similarities in immune responses, cross-reactivity of SARS-CoV-2, the …

COVID-19 infection: an overview on cytokine storm and related interventions

S Montazersaheb, SM Hosseiniyan Khatibi, MS Hejazi… - Virology journal, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a significant threat to global health. This …

Effect of tocilizumab on clinical outcomes at 15 days in patients with severe or critical coronavirus disease 2019: randomised controlled trial

VC Veiga, JAGG Prats, DLC Farias, RG Rosa… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether tocilizumab improves clinical outcomes for patients with
severe or critical coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). Design Randomised, open label trial …

Impacto del confinamiento por COVID-19 en la calidad de vida y salud mental

CL Ballena, L Cabrejos, Y Davila… - Revista del Cuerpo …, 2021 - scielo.org.pe
Introducción: La pandemia por SARS-Cov-2 ha tenido un impacto negativo en múltiples
aspectos de la vida humana, tanto en lo físico, psicológico, económico, social y cultural. Las …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Interleukin 6 inhibitors in therapy of severe COVID-19

E Nasonov, M Samsonov - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytokine storm syndrome (CSS) is a severe complication of inflammatory immune diseases
or treatment of malignancies; it may also appear during the progression of COVID-19. CSS …

Efficacy of tocilizumab in COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Aziz, H Haghbin, E Abu Sitta… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficacy of tocilizumab (TOC), monoclonal antibody against interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) receptor,
in patients with coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) patients has led to conflicting results …

Efficacy and secondary infection risk of tocilizumab, sarilumab and anakinra in COVID‐19 patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Peng, M Fu, H Mei, H Zheng, G Liang… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the pandemic progresses, the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
is becoming clearer and the potential for immunotherapy is increasing. However, clinical …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of anakinra, sarilumab, siltuximab and tocilizumab for COVID-19

FA Khan, I Stewart, L Fabbri, S Moss, K Robinson… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Background There is accumulating evidence for an overly activated immune response in
severe COVID-19, with several studies exploring the therapeutic role of immunomodulation …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes among hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary medical center and receiving antiviral, antimalarials …

P Guisado-Vasco, S Valderas-Ortega… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 outbreak challenges the Spanish health system since March
2020. Some available therapies (antimalarials, antivirals, biological agents) were grounded …

Active smokers are at higher risk of COVID-19 death: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Patanavanich, T Siripoon… - Nicotine and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Current evidence indicates that smoking worsens COVID-19 outcomes.
However, when studies restricted their analyses to current smokers, the risks for COVID-19 …