Treatment for COVID-19: An overview

C Stasi, S Fallani, F Voller, C Silvestri - European journal of pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by
coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes a severe acute respiratory syndrome, a …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients: a living systematic review and meta-analysis

IM Tleyjeh, Z Kashour, M Damlaj, M Riaz… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Cytokine release syndrome with elevated interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels is associated
with multiorgan damage and death in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our …

COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation and escalation of patient care: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

JJ Manson, C Crooks, M Naja, A Ledlie… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background A subset of patients with severe COVID-19 develop a hyperinflammatory
syndrome, which might contribute to morbidity and mortality. This study explores a specific …

Coronaviruses: innate immunity, inflammasome activation, inflammatory cell death, and cytokines

SJ Lee, R Channappanavar, TD Kanneganti - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
The innate immune system acts as the first line of defense against pathogens, including
coronaviruses (CoVs). Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV and Middle East …

Different innate and adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection of asymptomatic, mild, and severe cases

R Carsetti, S Zaffina, E Piano Mortari, S Terreri… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, not encountered before by humans. The wide spectrum
of clinical expression of SARS-CoV-2 illness suggests that individual immune responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenesis of multiple organ injury in COVID-19 and potential therapeutic strategies

M Lopes-Pacheco, PL Silva, FF Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, formerly 2019-nCoV) is a
novel coronavirus that has rapidly disseminated worldwide, causing the coronavirus disease …

A review of potential suggested drugs for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment

P Tarighi, S Eftekhari, M Chizari, M Sabernavaei… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The latest pandemic, coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), is associated with high
prevalence and easy transmission, which is expanding globally with no conventional …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2–induced immune activation and death of monocyte-derived human macrophages and dendritic cells

J Zheng, Y Wang, K Li, DK Meyerholz… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–infected
patients and experimentally infected animals indicate a critical role for augmented …

COVID-19 and the role of cytokines in this disease

A Hasanvand - Inflammopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 has the ability to activate and mature proinflammatory
cytokines in the body. Cytokine markers are a group of polypeptide signalling molecules that …

Anakinra combined with methylprednisolone in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and hyperinflammation: An observational cohort study

G Bozzi, D Mangioni, F Minoia, S Aliberti… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Immunomodulants have been proposed to mitigate severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2–induced cytokine storm, which drives acute respiratory distress …