Immune Signature of COVID-19: In-Depth Reasons and Consequences of the Cytokine Storm
2022
Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej | Adam Majchrzak | Sara Kurkowska | Paulina Małkowska | Olga Sierawska | Rafał Hrynkiewicz | Miłosz Parczewski
In the beginning of the third year of the fight against COVID-19, the virus remains at least still one step ahead in the pandemic “war”. The key reasons are evolving lineages and mutations, resulting in an increase of transmissibility and ability to evade immune system. However, from the immunologic point of view, the cytokine storm (CS) remains a poorly understood and difficult to combat culprit of the extended number of in-hospital admissions and deaths. It is not fully clear whether the cytokine release is a harmful result of suppression of the immune system or a positive reaction necessary to clear the virus. To develop methods of appropriate treatment and therefore decrease the mortality of the so-called COVID-19-CS, we need to look deeply inside its pathogenesis, which is the purpose of this review.
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