ReviewEuropean journal of immunology2021
Janus kinase signaling as risk factor and therapeutic target for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- Large-scale meta-analysis of infection risk with JAK-STAT inhibitors in 29,000 patients.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026Pooled it
- Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of COVID-19.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Janus kinase (JAK)-inhibitors and coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy and safety of Janus kinase inhibitors for COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International immunopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- A Risk Profile Using Simple Hematologic Parameters to Assess Benefits From Baricitinib in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial-2.Annals of internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib for active ankylosing spondylitis refractory to biological therapy: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2022Trial
- Innate immune activation and mitochondrial ROS induce acute and persistent cardiac conduction system dysfunction after COVID-19.JCI insight · 2025Article
- Comparison of Peganum harmala L. leaves extract nanoformulations against herpes simplex virus type 1 guided by network pharmacology analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unraveled role of TLR7-mediated interferon signaling activation in COVID-19.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Type I interferon pathway genetic variants in severe COVID-19.Virus research · 2024Review
- Propensity-Score Matched Analysis of the Effectiveness of Baricitinib in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Using Nationwide Real-World Data: An Observational Matched Cohort Study From the Japan COVID-19 Task Force.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Host-Based Treatments for Severe COVID-19.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Review
- Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Disease.Viruses · 2023Review
- Systematic analysis of alternative splicing in time course data using Spycone.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Management of Infections in Psoriatic Patients Treated with Systemic Therapies: A Lesson from the Immunopathogenesis of Psoriasis.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2023Review
- Small molecules in the treatment of COVID-19.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2022Review
- Perspectives of herbs and their natural compounds, and herb formulas on treating diverse diseases through regulating complicated JAK/STAT signaling.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Novel prognostic determinants of COVID-19-related mortality: A pilot study on severely-ill patients in Russia.PloS one · 2022Article
- Initiation of Tocilizumab or Baricitinib Were Associated With Comparable Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Treated With Dexamethasone.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Bioinformatics and System Biology Approach to Reveal the Interaction Network and the Therapeutic Implications for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With COVID-19.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cytokine signaling, especially interferon (IFN) signaling is closely linked to several aspects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. During initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, symptomatic patients present with impaired type I/III IFN-mediated antiviral responses. Interestingly, IFNs regulate the cellular entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 on epithelial and endothelial cells. As reported recently, critically ill COVID-19 patients show genetic polymorphisms in one IFN receptor gene (IFNRA2) and in a gene locus near the Janus kinase (JAK) TYK2, which is key for IFN, interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23 signaling, and T helper (Th) 1/Th17 cell-mediated antiviral immune responses. In the advanced stage of the disease, critically ill COVID-19 patients develop a cytokine storm where many inflammatory mediators using the JAK/STAT signaling pathway such as IL-6, IFN-γ, the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or IL-2, and chemokines result in an influx of macrophages and neutrophils damaging the lung tissue. The knowledge on the cytokine and JAK/STAT signaling pathways in severe COVID-19 disease explains the promising first results with JAK inhibitors like baricitinib, which not only dampen the inflammation but in the case of baricitinib also affect virus replication and endocytosis in target cells. Here, we summarize the current immunological associations of SARS-CoV-2 infection with cytokine signaling, the JAK/STAT pathway, and the current clinical stage of JAK inhibitors for improving severe COVID-19 disease.
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