The signal pathways and treatment of cytokine storm in COVID-19

L Yang, X Xie, Z Tu, J Fu, D Xu, Y Zhou - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global crisis
and is more devastating than any other previous infectious disease. It has affected a …

Mucosal immune responses to infection and vaccination in the respiratory tract

RC Mettelman, EK Allen, PG Thomas - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The lungs are constantly exposed to inhaled debris, allergens, pollutants, commensal or
pathogenic microorganisms, and respiratory viruses. As a result, innate and adaptive …

Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, S Clohisey, L Klaric, AD Bretherick… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Host-mediated lung inflammation is present, and drives mortality, in the critical illness
caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Host genetic variants associated with …

GM-CSF: A double-edged sword in cancer immunotherapy

A Kumar, A Taghi Khani, A Sanchez Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a cytokine that drives the
generation of myeloid cell subsets including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and …

A neutrophil activation signature predicts critical illness and mortality in COVID-19

ML Meizlish, AB Pine, JD Bishai, G Goshua… - Blood …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Pathologic immune hyperactivation is emerging as a key feature of critical illness in COVID-
19, but the mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. We carried out proteomic …

The role of cytokines and chemokines in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections

RJ Hsu, WC Yu, GR Peng, CH Ye, SY Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in countless
infections and caused millions of deaths since its emergence in 2019. Coronavirus disease …

Clonal expansion and activation of tissue-resident memory-like TH17 cells expressing GM-CSF in the lungs of patients with severe COVID-19

Y Zhao, C Kilian, JE Turner, L Bosurgi, K Roedl… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Hyperinflammation contributes to lung injury and subsequent acute respiratory distress
syndrome with high mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Neutrophils in COVID-19: not innocent bystanders

E McKenna, R Wubben, JM Isaza-Correa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Unusually for a viral infection, the immunological phenotype of severe COVID-19 is
characterised by a depleted lymphocyte and elevated neutrophil count, with the neutrophil …

Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19

A Kousathanas, E Pairo-Castineira, K Rawlik… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Critical COVID-19 is caused by immune-mediated inflammatory lung injury. Host genetic
variation influences the development of illness requiring critical care or hospitalization,–after …

SARS-CoV-2 mediated neuroinflammation and the impact of COVID-19 in neurological disorders

N Amruta, WH Chastain, M Paz, RJ Solch… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2021 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that severely affects the respiratory system, is the cause
of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is projected to result in the deaths of 2 million people …