Enhancing innate immunity against virus in times of COVID-19 : Trying to untangle facts from fictions

© 2020 The Authors..

INTRODUCTION: In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, during which the world is confronted with a new, highly contagious virus that suppresses innate immunity as one of its initial virulence mechanisms, thus escaping from first-line human defense mechanisms, enhancing innate immunity seems a good preventive strategy.

METHODS: Without the intention to write an official systematic review, but more to give an overview of possible strategies, in this review article we discuss several interventions that might stimulate innate immunity and thus our defense against (viral) respiratory tract infections. Some of these interventions can also stimulate the adaptive T- and B-cell responses, but our main focus is on the innate part of immunity. We divide the reviewed interventions into: 1) lifestyle related (exercise, >7 h sleep, forest walking, meditation/mindfulness, vitamin supplementation); 2) Non-specific immune stimulants (letting fever advance, bacterial vaccines, probiotics, dialyzable leukocyte extract, pidotimod), and 3) specific vaccines with heterologous effect (BCG vaccine, mumps-measles-rubeola vaccine, etc).

RESULTS: For each of these interventions we briefly comment on their definition, possible mechanisms and evidence of clinical efficacy or lack of it, especially focusing on respiratory tract infections, viral infections, and eventually a reduced mortality in severe respiratory infections in the intensive care unit. At the end, a summary table demonstrates the best trials supporting (or not) clinical evidence.

CONCLUSION: Several interventions have some degree of evidence for enhancing the innate immune response and thus conveying possible benefit, but specific trials in COVID-19 should be conducted to support solid recommendations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

The World Allergy Organization journal - 13(2020), 11 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 100476

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Larenas-Linnemann, Désirée [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Pérez, Noel [VerfasserIn]
Arias-Cruz, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Blandón-Vijil, María Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Del Río-Navarro, Blanca E [VerfasserIn]
Estrada-Cardona, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Gereda, José E [VerfasserIn]
Luna-Pech, Jorge A [VerfasserIn]
Navarrete-Rodríguez, Elsy Maureen [VerfasserIn]
Onuma-Takane, Ernesto [VerfasserIn]
Pozo-Beltrán, César Fireth [VerfasserIn]
Rojo-Gutiérrez, María Isabel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE2, Angiotensin converting enzime-2
APC, Antigen-presenting cell
BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
BV, Bacterial vaccine
Bacillus calmette-guérin
Bacterial vaccine
CCL-5, Chemokine (C–C motif) ligand 5
CI, Confidence interval
CNS, Central nervous system
COVID-19
COVID-19, Coronavirus disease-2019
CXCR3A, CXC chemokine receptor 3A
DAMPs, Damage-associated molecular patterns
DC, Dendritic cell
DLE, Dialyzable leukocyte extract
Exercise
Gαs: G protein coupled receptor alfa-subunits, HSP
Heat shock proteins, HLA-DR
Immune response
Immunoglobulin, IGFBP6
Innate
Insulin-like growth-factor-binding-protein 6, IL
Intercellular adhesion molecule type 1, IFN
Interferon, IG
Interleukin, MBSR
Journal Article
MCP-1, Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MMR
MODS, Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
Major histocompatibility complex class II cell surface receptor, ICAM-1
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-based stress reduction, mCa++: Intramitochondrial calcium
MyD88, Myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NF-κB, Nuclear factor kappaB
NK, Natural killer
NK-Cell
NOD2, Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2
OR, Odds ratio
OxPhos: Oxidative phosphorylation, PAMPs
PKC, Protein kinase C
PPD, Purified protein derivative (tuberculin)
PUFA, Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, PBMC
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, PI3K/Akt: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway
R0: Basic reproduction number, REM
Rapid eye movement, RIPK2
Reactive nitrogen species, ROS
Reactive oxygen species, SARS-CoV-2
Receptor iteracting serine/threonine kinase 2, RNA
Review
Ribonucleic acid, RNS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SIRS
Sleep
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, TCR:T-cell receptor
TLR, Toll-like receptor
TNF-α, Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TRPV, Thermolabile calcium channels
Th, T helper-cell
Trained immunity
URTI, Upper-respiratory tract infection

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 18.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100476

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316416630