Immunomodulation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia : The State of the Art

Copyright © 2020 Zhang, Chen and Meng..

COVID-19 has become a worldwide pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Severe cases of COVID-19 have accounted for 10-20% of all infections, leading to more than 500,000 deaths. Increasing evidence has suggested that the inflammatory cytokine storm originating from the anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response plays an important role in the pathogenesis of critically ill patients with COVID-19, which leads to mixed antagonistic response syndrome (MARS). In the early stage of severe COVID-19, systemic inflammatory response syndrome causes acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and even multiple organ failure. In the late stage of severe disease, increased production of anti-inflammatory cytokines drives the immune response to become dominated by compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome, which leads to immune exhaustion and susceptibility to secondary infections. Therefore, precise immunomodulation will be beneficial for patients with severe COVID-19, and immunosuppressive or immune enhancement therapy will depend on the disease course and immune status. This review summarizes the current understanding of the immunopathogenesis of severe COVID-19, especially the role of the inflammatory cytokine storm in disease progression. Immune indicators and immunotherapy strategies for severe COVID-19 are reviewed and the potential implications discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 11(2020) vom: 30., Seite 577442

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yinhua [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Zhongji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease 2019
Critical illness
Cytokines
Immunomodulation
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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Date Completed 24.12.2020

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2020.577442

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318068419