Quantitative Insight into Immunopathology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
J Interferon Cytokine Res
; 41(7): 244-257, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1316789
ABSTRACT
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which initiated as an endemic from China, converted into a pandemic disease worldwide within a couple of months' time. This has led researchers from all over the world to come together to find and develop possible curative or preventive strategies, including vaccine development, drug repurposing, plasma therapy, drug discovery, and cytokine-based therapies. Herein, we are providing, a summarized overview of immunopathology of the SARS-CoV-2 along with various therapeutic strategies undertaken to COVID-19 with a vision for their possible outcome. High levels of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-7, G-CSF, IP-10, TNF-α, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and IL-2 in severe cases of COVID-19 have been observed. Immune responses play significant roles in the determination of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. Thus, exploring the underlying mechanism of the immune system response to SARS-CoV-2 infection would help in the prediction of disease course and selection of intensive care and therapeutic strategy. As an effort toward developing possible therapeutics for COVID-19, we highlighted different types of vaccines, which are under clinical trials, and also discussed the impact of genome variability on efficacy of vaccine under development.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19 Vaccines
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Immune System
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Immunity, Innate
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Interferon Cytokine Res
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jir.2020.0156
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