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SUBMITTER: Al-Lami RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256539 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al-Lami Rasha A RA Urban Randall J RJ Volpi Elena E Algburi Ammar M A AMA Baillargeon Jacques J
Mayo Clinic proceedings 20200529 8
Given the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its overwhelming effect on health care systems and the global economy, innovative therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. The proposed primary culprit of COVID-19 is the intense inflammatory response-an augmented immune response and cytokine storm-severely damaging the lung tissue and rendering some patients' conditions severe enough to require assisted ventilation. Sex differences in the response to inflammation ...[more]