ReviewInternational immunopharmacology2020
Baricitinib, a drug with potential effect to prevent SARS-COV-2 from entering target cells and control cytokine storm induced by COVID-19.
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98 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab and baricitinib among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- Does baricitinib reduce mortality and disease progression in SARS-CoV-2 virus infected patients? A systematic review and meta analysis.Respiratory medicine · 2022Pooled it
- JAK inhibitors and COVID-19.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy and adverse events of baricitinib treatment for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Global Intervention for SARS-CoV-2 Combating: From Drugs Repurposing to Molnupiravir Approval.Drug design, development and therapy · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of baricitinib and tocilizumab in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A comparison using systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- C-reactive protein as an effector molecule in Covid-19 pathogenesis.Reviews in medical virology · 2021Pooled it
- JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Drug Repurposing as a Broad-Spectrum Strategy Against Coronaviruses: Frontiers in Mechanisms and Clinical Translation.Viruses · 2026Review
- Macrophage Immune Responses in Viral Infections: Functional Plasticity and Therapeutic Targeting.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Advances in understanding mitophagy's role in lung injury.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026Review
- Deep Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia: Incidence, Wells Score Diagnostic Performance, and Hospital Prognosis.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Observational
- Context-dependent roles of palmitoylation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: integrating inflammation, cell death and repair.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Review
- A mini-review of the relationship between intestinal microecology and acute respiratory distress syndrome.PeerJ · 2025Review
- Exploring the Anti-PANoptosis Mechanism of Dachaihu Decoction Against Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury: Network Pharmacology, Bioinformatics, and Experimental Validation.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Article
- Advances in natural-product-based nanomaterials for treatment of acute lung injury.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Ocular neuroinflammatory response secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection-a review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome Following Immunosuppressant Therapy for COVID-19: A Case Report With Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Navigating the COVID-19 Therapeutic Landscape: Unveiling Novel Perspectives on FDA-Approved Medications, Vaccination Targets, and Emerging Novel Strategies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib on COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) suddenly broke out in China and rapidly spread all over the world. Recently, a cell surface protein, known as angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2), has been identified to be involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis for SARS-CoV-2 entry to the cells. Many studies have reported the clinical characteristics of COVID-19: sudden deterioration of disease around 1-2 weeks after onset; much lower level of lymphocytes, especially natural killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood; extremely high pro-inflammatory cytokines and C reactive protein (CRP). About 15.7% of patients develop severe pneumonia, and cytokine storm is an important factor leading to rapid disease progression. Currently, there are no specific drugs for COVID-19 and the cytokine storm it causes. Baricitinib intracellularly inhibits the proinflammatory signal of several cytokines by suppressing Janus kinase (JAK) JAK1/JAK2. It has been demonstrated clinical benefits for the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), active systemic lupus erythematosus and atopic dermatitis with good efficacy and safety records. Baricitinib is expected to interrupt the passage and intracellular assembly of SARS-CoV-2 into the target cells mediated by ACE2 receptor, and treat cytokine storm caused by COVID-19. Several clinical trials are currently investigating the drug, and one of which has been completed with encouraging results. In this paper, we will elaborate the role of cytokine storm mediated by JAK-STAT pathway in severe COVID-19, the possible mechanisms of baricitinib on reducing the viral entry into the target cells and cytokine storm, the key points of pharmaceutical care based on the latest research reports, clinical trials progress and drug instruction from the US FDA, so as to provide reference for the treatment of severe COVID-19.
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