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ReviewCytokine & growth factor reviews2020

A cytokine super cyclone in COVID-19 patients with risk factors: the therapeutic potential of BCG immunization.

Betcy Susan Johnson, Malini Laloraya

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04753476 (The Effect of Secretome of Hypoxia-Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Improving Survival of Severe Covid-19 Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04753476 phase2unknown statusnot on this map

The Effect of Secretome of Hypoxia-Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Improving Survival of Severe Covid-19 Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorStem Cell and Cancer Research IndonesiaRan2020 to 2022Enrolled48ConditionsCovid-19, Cytokine StormArmsInjection of Secretome-MSCs, Standard treatment of Covid-19
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Improving outcomes in co-morbid diabetes and COVID-19: A quasi-experimental study.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023
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  6. Cancer and Covid-19: Collectively catastrophic.Cytokine & growth factor reviews · 2022
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  16. SARS-CoV-2 Spike Targets USP33-IRF9 AxisFrontiers in immunology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Betcy Susan JohnsonFemale Reproduction and Metabolic Syndromes Laboratory, Division of Molecular Reproduction, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 014, Kerala, India; Research Centre Kerala University, Senate House Campus, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
Malini LalorayaFemale Reproduction and Metabolic Syndromes Laboratory, Division of Molecular Reproduction, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 014, Kerala, India. Electronic address: laloraya@rgcb.res.in.
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology · INUniversity of Kerala · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The seventh human coronavirus SARS-CoV2 belongs to the cluster of extremely pathogenic coronaviruses including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, which can cause fatal lower respiratory tract infection. Likewise, SARS-CoV2 infection can be fatal as the disease advances to pneumonia, followed by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The development of lethal clinical symptons is associated with an exaggerated production of inflammatory cytokines, referred to as the cytokine storm, is a consequence of a hyperactivated immune response aginst the infection. In this article, we discuss the pathogenic consequences of the cytokine storm and its relationship with COVID-19 associated risk factors. The increased pro-inflammatory immune status in patients with risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, COPD) exacerbates the Cytokine-storm of COVID-19 into a 'Cytokine Super Cyclone'. We also evaluate the antiviral immune responses provided by BCG vaccination and the potential role of 'trained immunity' in early protection against SARS-CoV2.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsBCG VaccineBetacoronavirusCardiovascular DiseasesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cytokine Release SyndromeCytokinesDiabetes MellitusHumansHypertensionMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusMycobacterium bovisPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAntiviral AgentsBCG VaccineCytokinesBCGCo-morbidityCoronavirusCOVID-19(SARS Cov2)CytokineGrowth factors

Identifiers

PMID32747157
PMCPMC7328575
OpenAlexW3039870524

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