COVID-19, mast cells, cytokine storm, psychological stress, and neuroinflammation

D Kempuraj, GP Selvakumar, ME Ahmed… - The …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new pandemic infectious disease that originated in China …

Long‐COVID syndrome‐associated brain fog and chemofog: Luteolin to the rescue

TC Theoharides, C Cholevas, K Polyzoidis… - Biofactors, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 leads to severe respiratory problems, but also to long‐COVID syndrome
associated primarily with cognitive dysfunction and fatigue. Long‐COVID syndrome …

Disease severity-specific neutrophil signatures in blood transcriptomes stratify COVID-19 patients

AC Aschenbrenner, M Mouktaroudi, B Krämer… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is currently leading to increasing numbers
of COVID-19 patients all over the world. Clinical presentations range from asymptomatic …

NF-κB pathway as a potential target for treatment of critical stage COVID-19 patients

R Kircheis, E Haasbach, D Lueftenegger… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 show a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging
from mild febrile illness and cough up to acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ …

SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and neurological targets in the brain

WJ Lukiw, A Pogue, JM Hill - Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
The gateway for invasion by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) into human host cells is via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) …

Prognostic value of interleukin-18 and its association with other inflammatory markers and disease severity in COVID-19

H Satış, HS Özger, PA Yıldız, K Hızel, Ö Gulbahar… - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The effectual immune response is crucial to defeat viral infections. However,
exuberant immune response with features of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) lead …

Natural killer cell dysfunction and its role in COVID-19

C van Eeden, L Khan, MS Osman… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
When facing an acute viral infection, our immune systems need to function with finite
precision to enable the elimination of the pathogen, whilst protecting our bodies from …

Neuroprotective effects of flavone luteolin in neuroinflammation and neurotrauma

D Kempuraj, R Thangavel, DD Kempuraj… - Biofactors, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroinflammation leads to neurodegeneration, cognitive defects, and neurodegenerative
disorders. Neurotrauma/traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause activation of glial cells …

IL-6 and IL-10 as predictors of disease severity in COVID-19 patients: results from meta-analysis and regression

SK Dhar, K Vishnupriyan, S Damodar, S Gujar, M Das - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract Aims SARS-CoV-2, an infectious agent behind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
induces high levels of cytokines such as IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, IFN-γ etc in …

Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19): challenges and a global perspective

YS Malik, N Kumar, S Sircar, R Kaushik, S Bhat… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
The technology-driven world of the 21st century is currently confronted with a major threat to
humankind, represented by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the …