IL-6 in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer

T Hirano - International immunology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
IL-6 is involved both in immune responses and in inflammation, hematopoiesis, bone
metabolism and embryonic development. IL-6 plays roles in chronic inflammation (closely …

Should we stimulate or suppress immune responses in COVID-19? Cytokine and anti-cytokine interventions

Y Jamilloux, T Henry, A Belot, S Viel, M Fauter… - Autoimmunity …, 2020 - Elsevier
The coronavirus disease-19 pandemic (COVID-19), which appeared in China in December
2019 and rapidly spread throughout the world, has forced clinicians and scientists to take up …

Postmortem examination of COVID‐19 patients reveals diffuse alveolar damage with severe capillary congestion and variegated findings in lungs and other organs …

T Menter, JD Haslbauer, R Nienhold, S Savic… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has rapidly evolved into a sweeping pandemic. Its major …

Effect of tocilizumab vs standard care on clinical worsening in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized clinical trial

C Salvarani, G Dolci, M Massari, DF Merlo… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is threatening billions of
people worldwide. Tocilizumab has shown promising results in retrospective studies in …

COVID-19: Pathogenesis, cytokine storm and therapeutic potential of interferons

SH Nile, A Nile, J Qiu, L Li, X Jia, G Kai - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the novel SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into an …

[HTML][HTML] Potential therapeutic options for COVID-19: an update on current evidence

Z Niknam, A Jafari, A Golchin, F Danesh Pouya… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, is the agent responsible for the COVID-19
pandemic and is a major public health concern nowadays. The rapid and global spread of …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infection alters kynurenine and fatty acid metabolism, correlating with IL-6 levels and renal status

T Thomas, D Stefanoni, JA Reisz, T Nemkov… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Reprogramming of host metabolism supports viral pathogenesis by fueling
viral proliferation, by providing, for example, free amino acids and fatty acids as building …

Higher mortality of COVID-19 in males: sex differences in immune response and cardiovascular comorbidities

LA Bienvenu, J Noonan, X Wang… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The high mortality rate of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection is a critical concern of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

C Campochiaro, E Della-Torre, G Cavalli… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-
6 (IL-6) receptor, has been proposed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients; however …

Cytokine storm and COVID-19: a chronicle of pro-inflammatory cytokines

A Fara, Z Mitrev, RA Rosalia, BM Assas - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has swept the world, unlike any other pandemic in
the last 50 years. Our understanding of the disease has evolved rapidly since the outbreak; …