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SUBMITTER: Luo W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298494 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trends in pharmacological sciences 20200617 8
Recent advances in the pathophysiologic understanding of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has indicated that patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might experience cytokine release syndrome (CRS), characterized by increased interleukin (IL)-6, IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, etc. Therefore, the treatment of cytokine storm has been proposed as a critical part of rescuing severe COVID-19. Several of the cytokines involved in COVID-19 employ a distinc ...[more]