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ReviewCytokine2020

A combinational approach to restore cytokine balance and to inhibit virus growth may promote patient recovery in severe COVID-19 cases.

Abdullah Mahmud-Al-Rafat, Md Muzammal Haque Asim, Andrew W Taylor-Robinson, Apurba Majumder, Abdul Muktadir, Hasneen Muktadir, Mahbubul Karim, Imran Khan, Mohammad Mainul Ahasan, Md Morsaline Billah

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Review in Cytokine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Neuropsychiatric Disorders and COVID-19: What We Know So Far.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Abdullah Mahmud-Al-RafatResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh. Electronic address: mahmud0907@gmail.com.
Md Muzammal Haque AsimResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Andrew W Taylor-RobinsonSchool of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
Apurba MajumderDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Abdul MuktadirResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Hasneen MuktadirResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Mahbubul KarimResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Imran KhanResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Mainul AhasanResearch and Development Division, Incepta Vaccine Ltd., Zirabo, Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh.
Md Morsaline BillahBiotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies · BDCentral Queensland University · AUKhulna University · BDUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to twin public health and economic crises around the world. Not only has it cost hundreds of thousands of lives but also severely impacted livelihoods and placed enormous strain on community healthcare and welfare services. In this review, we explore the events associated with SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and host immunopathological reactivity due to the clinical manifestations of this coronavirus infection. We discuss that the metallopeptidase enzyme ADAM17, also known as tumor necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme, TACE, is responsible for shedding of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and membrane-bound interleukin (IL)-6 receptor. This leads to elevated pro-inflammatory responses that result in cytokine storm syndrome. We argue that cytokine balance may be restored by recovering an IL-6 trans-signaling neutralizing buffer system through the mediation of recombinant soluble glycoprotein 130 and recombinant ADAM17/TACE prodomain inhibitor. This cytokine restoration, possibly combined with inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 entry as well as replication and coagulopathy, could be introduced as a novel approach to treat patients with severe COVID-19. In cases of co-morbidity, therapies related to the management of associated disease conditions could ameliorate those clinical manifestations.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19CytokinesDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansModels, BiologicalPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2CytokinesADAM17ADAM17/TACE inhibitorCOVID-19IL-6SARS-CoV-2sgp130FcTACETherapy

Identifiers

PMID32822911
PMCPMC7428755
OpenAlexW3048419720

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