Authors: Jun Zhang 1, Kristen M Tecson 1, Peter A McCullough 1 2 3 Great attention has been paid to endothelial dysfunction (ED) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There is growing evidence to suggest that the angiotensin […]
What Is a Cytokine Storm? Doctors Explain How Some COVID-19 Patients’ Immune Systems Turn Deadly
Authors: Sarah Bradley The news cycle is heavily saturated with stress-inducing information about COVID-19, but one of the most worrying aspects so far has been the huge disparity in the way the novel […]
COVID-19 cytokine storm: The anger of inflammation
Authors: Mehdi Mahmudpour 1, Jamshid Roozbeh 2, Mohsen Keshavarz 1, Shokrollah Farrokhi 3, Iraj Nabipour 4 Patients with COVID-19 who require ICU admission might have the cytokine storm. It is a state of out-of-control release of a variety of […]
Cytokine Storm in COVID-19: The Current Evidence and Treatment Strategies
Authors: Yujun Tang,† Jiajia Liu,† Dingyi Zhang, Zhenghao Xu, Jinjun Ji,* and Chengping Wen* Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) is the pathogen that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of 25 May 2020, the […]
SARS-CoV-2 infection: The role of cytokines in COVID-19 disease
Authors: Víctor J Costela-Ruiz 1, Rebeca Illescas-Montes 1, Jose M Puerta-Puerta 2, Concepción Ruiz 3, Lucia Melguizo-Rodríguez 1 COVID-19 disease, caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2, is related to a series of physiopathological mechanisms that mobilize a wide variety of […]
In the lab, scientists identify possible COVID-19 treatment
Authors: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a […]