Harnessing immunotherapy to combat COVID-19 : A modern snake oil or silver bullet?

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), has emerged into a global health and economic menace. Amidst the COVID-19 turmoil, recent failures/uncertain outcomes in clinical trials involving the anti-malarial (hydroxychloroquine), anti-viral (remdesivir) or the combination of anti-malarial/antibiotic (hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin) regimens have predisposed the physicians to distrust these "highly-touted" drugs for COVID-19. In this milieu, immunotherapy might be a credible modality to target or modify specific/non-specific immune responses that interfere with the survival of intracellular pathogens. This scientific review throws light on the epidemiology of COVID-19, its pathogenesis and the current clinical scenario of immunotherapeutics including convalescent plasma (CP), type-1 interferons (IFN-I) and human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to combat COVID-19. The treatment outcomes underscore that immunotherapy might be a reliable tool to assuage COVID-19-associated immunopathology. However, specific patient pool studies are warranted to ascertain the precise (re)purposing of immunotherapeutics for COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Therapie - 76(2021), 4 vom: 05. Juli, Seite 335-345

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gunjegaonkar, Shivshankar Malkarjun [VerfasserIn]
Shanmugarajan, Thukani Sathanantham [VerfasserIn]
Arunsundar, Mohanasundaram [VerfasserIn]
Arjun, Uppuluri Varuna Naga Venkata [VerfasserIn]
Devi, Kadirrel [VerfasserIn]
Wankhede, Sagar Baliram [VerfasserIn]
Ravichandiran, Velayutham [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
COVID-19 serotherapy
Immunotherapy
Interferon Type I
Interferon type I
Journal Article
Monoclonal antibodies
Review

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Date Completed 31.08.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.therap.2020.10.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327845333