Cytokine Storm Induced by SARS-CoV-2 and the Drug Therapy / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

Novel coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) infection outbreak has occurred in Wuhan since December 2019.Cytokine storm (inflammatory factor storm)was suggested to be involved in the sudden deterioration of some SARS-CoV-2 infectors in the recent reports.However, no medicine was specific to the treatment of cytokine storm so far. This paper summarized the mechanism and potential therapeutic drugs of cytokine storm based on literature review and analysis, so as to provide references for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2.