Interleukin-18 diagnostically distinguishes and pathogenically promotes human and murine macrophage activation syndrome

ES Weiss, C Girard-Guyonvarc'h… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS)
are life-threatening hyperferritinemic systemic inflammatory disorders. Although profound …

cytokine storm syndrome: looking toward the precision medicine era.

EM Behrens, GA Koretzky - Arthritis & rheumatology, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
The article focuses on cytokine storm syndrome which is a diverse set of conditions unified
by a clinical phenotype of systemic inflammation, multi-organ failure and hyperferritinemia …

Macrophage activation syndrome in the era of biologic therapy

AA Grom, AC Horne, F De Benedetti - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2016 - nature.com
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) refers to acute overwhelming inflammation caused
by a'cytokine storm'. Although increasingly recognized as a life-threatening complication of …

Immune cartography of macrophage activation syndrome in the COVID-19 era

D McGonagle, AV Ramanan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
A hyperinflammatory 'cytokine storm'state termed macrophage activation syndrome (MAS),
culminating from a complex interplay of genetics, immunodeficiency, infectious triggers and …

Pathogenesis of macrophage activation syndrome and potential for cytokine-directed therapies

GS Schulert, AA Grom - Annual review of medicine, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is an acute episode of overwhelming inflammation
characterized by activation and expansion of T lymphocytes and hemophagocytic …

Inhibition of natural killer cell cytotoxicity by interleukin‐6: implications for the pathogenesis of macrophage activation syndrome

L Cifaldi, G Prencipe, I Caiello… - Arthritis & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is associated with high levels of
interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) in the serum and synovial fluid, and impairment of natural killer (NK) cell …

Elevated circulating levels of interferon-γ and interferon-γ-induced chemokines characterise patients with macrophage activation syndrome complicating systemic …

C Bracaglia, K de Graaf, DP Marafon… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Interferon-γ (IFNγ) is the pivotal mediator in murine models of primary
haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (pHLH). Given the similarities between primary and …

The cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, CRS and MAS compared. Can one sized treatment fit all?

G Morris, CC Bortolasci, BK Puri, W Marx, A O'Neil… - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
An analysis of published data appertaining to the cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1
influenza, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) …

Macrophage activation syndrome and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in childhood inflammatory disorders: diagnosis and management

LA Henderson, RQ Cron - Pediatric Drugs, 2020 - Springer
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a form of secondary hemophagocytic
lymphohistiocytosis, is a frequently fatal complication of a variety of pediatric inflammatory …

Biological and clinical roles of IL-18 in inflammatory diseases

E Landy, H Carol, A Ring, S Canna - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2024 - nature.com
Several new discoveries have revived interest in the pathogenic potential and possible
clinical roles of IL-18. IL-18 is an IL-1 family cytokine with potent ability to induce IFNγ …