SARS-CoV-2 infection: The role of cytokines in COVID-19 disease

VJ Costela-Ruiz, R Illescas-Montes… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19 disease, caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2, is related to a series of
physiopathological mechanisms that mobilize a wide variety of biomolecules, mainly …

Preliminary predictive criteria for COVID-19 cytokine storm

R Caricchio, M Gallucci, C Dass, X Zhang… - Annals of the …, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To develop predictive criteria for COVID-19-associated cytokine storm (CS), a
severe hyperimmune response that results in organ damage in some patients infected with …

Harnessing the immune system to overcome cytokine storm and reduce viral load in COVID-19: a review of the phases of illness and therapeutic agents

S Khadke, N Ahmed, N Ahmed, R Ratts, S Raju… - Virology journal, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously named 2019-nCov), a novel …

COVID-19 cytokine storm syndrome: a threshold concept

LYC Chen, TTT Quach - The Lancet Microbe, 2021 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the practice of medicine at a threshold overlooking a
new and different era, 1 and has led to the evolving concept of COVID-19 cytokine storm …

COVID-19 as an acute inflammatory disease

RH Manjili, M Zarei, M Habibi… - The journal of immunology, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Abstract The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the virus severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created an unprecedented …

Early differences in cytokine production by severity of coronavirus disease 2019

LH Tjan, K Furukawa, T Nagano, T Kiriu… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Most patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience asymptomatic disease
or mild symptoms, but some have critical symptoms requiring intensive care. It is important to …

COVID-19: towards understanding of pathogenesis

W Cao, T Li - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly. Although the
cause was quickly identified as a new coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2, our knowledge of …

Calming the storm: natural immunosuppressants as adjuvants to target the cytokine storm in COVID-19

AE Peter, BV Sandeep, BG Rao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis, with no specific antiviral to treat
the infection and the absence of a suitable vaccine to prevent it. While some individuals …

Confronting the controversy: interleukin-6 and the COVID-19 cytokine storm syndrome

LYC Chen, RL Hoiland, S Stukas… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The concept of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cytokine storm syndrome
(COVID-CSS) emerged early in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Could SARS-CoV-2-induced hyperinflammation magnify the severity of coronavirus disease (CoViD-19) leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome?

ASS Girija, EM Shankar, M Larsson - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The exaggerated immune response induced in the lower respiratory tract against
coronaviruses (CoVs), including CoViD-19 (2019-nCoV), appears to contribute to the …