Harnessing the immune system to overcome cytokine storm and reduce viral load in COVID-19: a review of the phases of illness and therapeutic agents

Harnessing the immune system to overcome cytokine storm and reduce viral load in COVID-19: a review of the phases of illness and therapeutic agents

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously named 2019-nCov), a novel coronavirus that emerged in China in December 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization by March 11th, 202...

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Main Authors: Sumanth Khadke, Nayla Ahmed, Nausheen Ahmed, Ryan Ratts, Shine Raju, Molly Gallogly, Marcos de Lima, Muhammad Rizwan Sohail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Pathophysiology
Cytokine release syndrome
Angiotensin converting enzyme 2
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-020-01415-w

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