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How COVID-19 induces cytokine storm with high mortality

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Hojyo, Shintaro, Uchida, Mona, Tanaka, Kumiko, Hasebe, Rie, Tanaka, Yuki, Murakami, Masaaki, Hirano, Toshio·2020·Inflammation and Regeneration

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The newly emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, but has rapidly spread all over the world. Some COVID-19 patients encounter a severe symptom of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with high mortality. This high severity is dependent on a cytokine storm, most likely induced by the interleukin-6 (IL-6) amplifier, which is hyper-activation machinery that regulates the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathway and stimulated by the simultaneous activation of IL-6-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and NF-κB signaling in non-immune cells including alveolar epithelial cells and endothelial cells. We hypothesize that IL-6-STAT3 signaling is a promising therapeutic target for the cytokine storm in COVID-19, because IL-6 is a major STAT3 stimulator, particularly during inflammation. We herein review the pathogenic mechanism and potential therapeutic targets of ARDS in COVID-19 patients.

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Authors
Hojyo, S., Uchida, M., Tanaka, K., Hasebe, R., Tanaka, Y., Murakami, M., & Hirano, T.
Affiliations
Hokkaido University (JP)
Corresponding author
  • Murakami, Masaaki
  • Hirano, Toshio
Venue
Inflammation and Regeneration
Published
2020-10-01
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
37-37
ISSN
  • 1346-8022 (ISSN-L)
  • 1880-8190
OpenAlex
W3091085673
Cited by
663
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 122 · 2022: 215 · 2021: 199 · 2020: 7
FWCI
6.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Inflammation and Regeneration (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • QST-Repository (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20H00502)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, cytokine storm, acute respiratory distress syndrome, interleukin-6, STAT3 signaling, NF-κB signaling, alveolar epithelial cells, endothelial cells, inflammation, therapeutic target

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