Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Innate immunity: the first line of defense against SARS-CoV-2

MS Diamond, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, continues to cause substantial morbidity …

Early treatment of COVID-19 with anakinra guided by soluble urokinase plasminogen receptor plasma levels: a double-blind, randomized controlled phase 3 trial

E Kyriazopoulou, G Poulakou, H Milionis, S Metallidis… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Early increase of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) serum levels is
indicative of increased risk of progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to …

An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment

S Drożdżal, J Rosik, K Lechowicz, F Machaj… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century
with more than 257 million cases and over 5.17 million deaths reported worldwide (as of …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and novel therapeutics against coronavirus (COVID-19)

A Aleem, AS Ab, AK Slenker - 2021 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Describe the clinical manifestations, including extrapulmonary manifestations of
COVID-19. Outline the latest treatments available in the management of COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

RECOVERY Collaborative Group - Lancet (London, England), 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of tocilizumab in adult patients
admitted to hospital with COVID-19 with both hypoxia and systemic inflammation. Methods …

Association between administration of IL-6 antagonists and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a meta-analysis

P Domingo, I Mur, GM Mateo, M del Mar Gutierrez… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Clinical trials assessing the efficacy of IL-6 antagonists in patients hospitalized
for COVID-19 have variously reported benefit, no effect, and harm. Objective To estimate the …

Host-directed immunotherapy of viral and bacterial infections: past, present and future

RS Wallis, A O'Garra, A Sher, A Wack - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The advent of COVID-19 and the persistent threat of infectious diseases such as
tuberculosis, malaria, influenza and HIV/AIDS remind us of the marked impact that infections …

Tackling COVID-19 with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

D Corti, LA Purcell, G Snell, D Veesler - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized the treatment of several human
diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions, and represent a …

Interleukin-6 receptor antagonists in critically ill patients with Covid-19–preliminary report

Remap-Cap Investigators, AC Gordon, PR Mouncey… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background The efficacy of interleukin-6 receptor antagonists in critically ill patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is unclear. Methods We evaluated tocilizumab and …