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SUBMITTER: Manickam C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manickam Cordelia C Sugawara Sho S Reeves R Keith RK
PLoS pathogens 20200826 8
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 575,000 deaths worldwide as of mid-July 2020 and still continues globally unabated. Immune dysfunction and cytokine storm complicate the disease, which in turn leads to the question of whether stimulation or suppression of the immune system would curb the disease. Given the varied antiviral and regulatory functions of natural killer (NK) cells, they could be potent and powerful immune allies in this global fight against COVID-19. Unfortunately, there is ...[more]