COVID-19: immunopathology and its implications for therapy
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A current model holds that SARS-CoV-2 enters type II pneumocytes via ACE2, causing rapid replication and a proinflammatory state with elevated IL-1, IL-6, CXCL8, and TNF.
“SARS-CoV-2 enters type II pneumocytes via ACE2 in the respiratory system leading to rapid virus replication as well as concomitantly to a proinflammatory state with elevated levels of cytokines such as IL-1, IL-6, CXCL8, and TNF”
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- Authors
- Cao, X.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Cao, Xuetao
- ORCID
- Cao, Xuetao
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Immunology
- Published
- 2020-04-09
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 269-270
- ISSN
- 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-1741
- PMC
- PMC7143200
- OpenAlex
- W3015321334
- Cited by
- 1,609
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 183 · 2022: 298 · 2021: 498 · 2020: 467
- FWCI
- 47.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
- 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
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, immunopathology, cytokine storm, lymphopenia, exhausted T cells, antibody response, drug discovery, clinical management, pneumonia
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, COVID-19 Serotherapy, Antiviral Agents, Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, Immunization, Passive, Inflammation, Pneumonia, Viral, Cytokines, Coronavirus Infections, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Pandemics, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
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