Nature and dimensions of the cytokine storm and its attenuation by convalescent plasma in severe COVID-19

In a randomized control trial on convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) in severe COVID-19, we characterized the nature, in terms of abundance of forty eight cytokines, and dimensions, in terms of their interrelationships, of the hyper-immune activation-associated ‘cytokine storm’ in patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome. We found reduced plasma level of the chemokine MCP3 to be a key correlate for clinical improvement, irrespective of therapeutic regimen. We also identified an anti-inflammatory role of CPT independent of its neutralizing antibody content, and a linear regression analysis revealed that neutralizing antibodies as well as the anti-inflammatory effect of CPT both contribute to marked immediate reductions in hypoxia, as compared to patients on standard therapy..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 16. Feb. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bandopadhyay, Purbita [VerfasserIn]
D’Rozario, Ranit [VerfasserIn]
Lahiri, Abhishake [VerfasserIn]
Sarif, Jafar [VerfasserIn]
Ray, Yogiraj [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Shekhar Ranjan [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Rammohan [VerfasserIn]
Maiti, Rajshekhar [VerfasserIn]
Chaudhuri, Kausik [VerfasserIn]
Bagchi, Saugata [VerfasserIn]
Maiti, Ayan [VerfasserIn]
Perwez, Md. Masoom [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Biswanath Sharma [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Devlina [VerfasserIn]
Chakraborty, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Vasudevan, Janani Srinivasa [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Sachin [VerfasserIn]
Biswas, Durba [VerfasserIn]
Maiti, Chikam [VerfasserIn]
Saha, Bibhuti [VerfasserIn]
Bhattacharya, Prasun [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Chatterjee, Shilpak [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Sandip [VerfasserIn]
Ganguly, Dipyaman [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2020.09.21.20199109

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XBI018805027