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Cytokine storm intervention in the early stages of COVID-19 pneumonia

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Sun, Xinjuan, Wang, Tianyuan, Cai, Dayong, Hu, Zhiwei, Chen, Jin’an, Liao, Hui, Zhi, Liming, Wei, Hongxia +4 more·2020·Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews

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Clinical intervention in patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has demonstrated a strong upregulation of cytokine production in patients who are critically ill with SARS-CoV2-induced pneumonia. In a retrospective study of 41 patients with COVID-19, most patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection developed mild symptoms, whereas some patients later developed aggravated disease symptoms, and eventually passed away because of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), as a consequence of a severe cytokine storm. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected pneumonia were first published January 30th, 2020; these guidelines recommended for the first time that cytokine monitoring should be applied in severely ill patients to reduce pneumonia related mortality. The cytokine storm observed in COVID-19 illness is also an important component of mortality in other viral diseases, including SARS, MERS and influenza. In view of the severe morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 pneumonia, we review the current understanding of treatment of human coronavirus infections from the perspective of a dysregulated cytokine and immune response.

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  • Pro-inflammatory factors are intensely released into the bloodstream, causing the cytokine storm, and reach other organs.

    “pro-inflammatory factors are intensely released, the so-called “cytokine storm”, which enter the bloodstream, and reach other organs (Fig. 1A) [9].”
  • Cytokine storms have been reported in several viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2.

    “Cytokine storms have been reported in several viral infections [96], including SARS-CoV-2 [9, 97].”
  • Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 present elevated levels of IL-6, IL-10, IL-1β, INF-γ, CCL2, TNF-α, CXCL10, CCL7, IL-1 receptor antagonist and IL-2 receptor, supposedly associated with disease severity.

    “Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 present elevated levels of IL-6, IL-10, IL-1β, INF-γ, CCL2, TNF-α, CXCL10, CCL7, IL-1 receptor antagonist and IL-2 receptor, supposedly associated with disease severity [9, 98–105].”

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Authors
Sun, X., Wang, T., Cai, D., Hu, Z., Chen, J., Liao, H., Zhi, L., Wei, H., Zhang, Z., Qiu, Y., Wang, J., & Wang, A.
Affiliations
  • Chinese People's Liberation Army (CN)
  • Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
  • Jiangsu Province Hospital (CN)
  • Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Wang, Jing
  • Wang, Aiping
Venue
Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-06
Volume
53
Pages
38-42
ISSN
1359-6101 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3019663170
Cited by
513
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 110 · 2021: 160 · 2020: 102
FWCI
5.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Keywords
cytokine storm, COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 pneumonia, cytokine monitoring, multiple organ failure, immune dysregulation, cytokine production, mortality, SARS, MERS, influenza, antiviral therapy
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Cytokine Release Syndrome, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Female, Humans, Male, Multiple Organ Failure, Pneumonia, Viral, Polyethylene Glycols, Recombinant Proteins, Retrospective Studies, Cytokines, Interferon-alpha, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

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