The signal pathways and treatment of cytokine storm in COVID-19

L Yang, X Xie, Z Tu, J Fu, D Xu, Y Zhou - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global crisis
and is more devastating than any other previous infectious disease. It has affected a …

Corticosteroid use in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical outcomes

J Van Paassen, JS Vos, EM Hoekstra, KMI Neumann… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Background In the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there has been worldwide debate on the
use of corticosteroids in COVID-19. In the recent RECOVERY trial, evaluating the effect of …

COVID-19 and corticosteroids: a narrative review

G El-Saber Batiha, AI Al-Gareeb, HM Saad… - …, 2022 - Springer
It has been reported that corticosteroid therapy was effective in the management of severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) …

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 …

Immunotherapy of COVID-19: inside and beyond IL-6 signalling

G Zizzo, A Tamburello, L Castelnovo, A Laria… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acting on the cytokine cascade is key to preventing disease progression and death in
hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Among anti-cytokine therapies, interleukin (IL)-6 …

Comparison of a target trial emulation framework vs Cox regression to estimate the association of corticosteroids with COVID-19 mortality

KL Hoffman, EJ Schenck, MJ Satlin… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Communication and adoption of modern study design and analytical techniques
is of high importance for the improvement of clinical research from observational data …

Antibiotic use in the COVID-19 crisis in Spain

B Gonzalez-Zorn - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2021 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, antimicrobial resistance was
the world's most pressing health crisis. The United Nations, the World Health Organization …

Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TI Hariyanto, W Hardyson, A Kurniawan - Drug research, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Background Currently, the data regarding the effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab as
treatment for COVID-19 infection is still conflicting. This study aims to give clear evidence …

Tocilizumab administration for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

C Kyriakopoulos, G Ntritsos, A Gogali, H Milionis… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tocilizumab has been repurposed against the 'cytokine storm'in the setting of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of tocilizumab in the …