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ReviewMediators of inflammation2020

COVID-19 and Neutrophils: The Relationship between Hyperinflammation and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.

Leandro Borges, Tania Cristina Pithon-Curi, Rui Curi, Elaine Hatanaka

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In one paragraph

Review in Mediators of inflammation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

138 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 243 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Innate immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review.Epidemiology and infection · 2022
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  7. Treatment With 25-Hydroxyvitamin DEndocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2021
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  8. Metoprolol in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2021
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  10. Cell-Free DNA-Based Theranostics for Inflammatory Disorders.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Relationship of Circulatory Markers of NETosis with COVID-19 Severity: A Prospective Cohort Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025
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  15. Src Reduces Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Generation and Resolves Acute Organ Damage.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leandro BorgesInstituto de Ciências da Atividade Física e Esportes (ICAFE), Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-2535
Tania Cristina Pithon-CuriInstituto de Ciências da Atividade Física e Esportes (ICAFE), Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Rui CuriInstituto de Ciências da Atividade Física e Esportes (ICAFE), Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Elaine HatanakaInstituto de Ciências da Atividade Física e Esportes (ICAFE), Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-1163
Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul · BRInstituto Butantan · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus-induced respiratory disease that may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and is triggered by immunopathological mechanisms that cause excessive inflammation and leukocyte dysfunction. Neutrophils play a critical function in the clearance of bacteria with specific mechanisms to combat viruses. The aim of this review is to highlight the current advances in the pathways of neutrophilic inflammation against viral infection over the past ten years, focusing on the production of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and its impact on severe lung diseases, such as COVID-19. We focused on studies regarding hyperinflammation, cytokine storms, neutrophil function, and viral infections. We discuss how the neutrophil's role could influence COVID-19 symptoms in the interaction between hyperinflammation (overproduction of NETs and cytokines) and the clearance function of neutrophils to eliminate the viral infection. We also propose a more in-depth investigation into the neutrophil response mechanism targeting NETosis in the different phases of COVID-19.

Indexed as

SARS-CoV-2COVID-19Cytokine Release SyndromeExtracellular TrapsHost Microbial InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationInflammation MediatorsLungModels, ImmunologicalNeutrophilsPandemicsRespiratory Distress SyndromeInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID33343232
PMCPMC7732408
OpenAlexW3109283769

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