The role of IL-6 and IL-6 blockade in COVID-19

N Potere, A Batticciotto, A Vecchié… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… for IL-6 blockade. Then, we discuss in detail the relevance of IL-6 in the pathophysiology of
COVID-19 … The safety and efficacy of IL-6 pathway inhibition in COVID-19 is also extensively …

Can we use interleukin-6 (IL-6) blockade for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS)?

B Liu, M Li, Z Zhou, X Guan, Y Xiang - Journal of autoimmunity, 2020 - Elsevier
… Given the efficacy of tocilizumab in CRS and the pivotal role of IL-6 in COVID-19, we propose
to repurpose tocilizumab to treat severe cases of COVID-19. Regarding its clinical use, we …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-6 perpetrator of the COVID-19 cytokine storm

J Shekhawat, K Gauba, S Gupta, P Purohit… - Indian Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
IL-6 is also a robust marker for predicting disease prognosis and deterioration of clinical …
role played by IL-6 in the immuno-pathology of COVID-19 has been illustrated. The role of IL-6

Profiling serum cytokines in COVID-19 patients reveals IL-6 and IL-10 are disease severity predictors

H Han, Q Ma, C Li, R Liu, L Zhao, W Wang… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… cytokine storm of COVID-19 and the value of cytokines in diagnosis and treatment of the
COVID-19. … highlights the importance of IL-6 and IL-10 as COVID-19 disease severity predictors. …

[HTML][HTML] A new approach to the management of COVID-19. Antagonists of IL-6: Siltuximab

L Villaescusa, F Zaragozá, I Gayo-Abeleira… - Advances in …, 2022 - Springer
… produced by IL-6 as the main inflammatory mediator in patients with COVID-19 with severe
… poor prognosis of these patients with increased IL-6 levels in the context of cytokine release …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated interleukin6 and severe COVID19: a meta‐analysis

M Aziz, R Fatima, R Assaly - Journal of medical virology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Based on our results, IL6 is an important marker of inflammation and … COVID19 early in
the disease course. Furthermore, researchers should develop a scoring system including IL6

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine storm and immunomodulatory therapy in COVID-19: role of chloroquine and anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibodies

M Zhao - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… , approximately 19% of cases of COVID-19 are severe or critical. … with COVID-19 [2].
Additionally, pathological examination of a biopsy sample from a patient who died from COVID-19

The role of cytokines including interleukin-6 in COVID-19 induced pneumonia and macrophage activation syndrome-like disease

D McGonagle, K Sharif, A O'Regan, C Bridgewood - Autoimmunity reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
… with MAS/sHLH may be driving COVID-19 related ARDS has created a tremendous … COVID-19
pulmonary immunopathology and describe the potential benefits or disadvantages of IL-6

The potential role of IL-6 in monitoring severe case of coronavirus disease 2019

T Liu, J Zhang, Y Yang, H Ma, Z Li, J Zhang, J Cheng… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
purpose of this study is to explore changes of markers in peripheral blood of severe COVID-19
… Since we have found that IL-6 is related to COVID-19 severity, we suggest that targeting …

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

LYC Chen, RL Hoiland, S Stukas… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… of COVID-19 in our own centre, when IL-6 was being measured for research purposes rather
than clinical care, we used the following criteria for COVID-CSS: 1) COVID-19 pneumonia …