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ReviewVirulence2021

Immune dysregulation and system pathology in COVID-19.

Muhammad Jamal, Hina Iqbal Bangash, Maria Habiba, Yufei Lei, Tian Xie, Jiaxing Sun, Zimeng Wei, Zixi Hong, Liang Shao, Qiuping Zhang

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Review in Virulence, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

76 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. NETosis: A key player in autoimmunity, COVID-19, and long COVID.Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2025
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  17. Immune-Related Peripheral Keratopathy in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.International medical case reports journal · 2025
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16 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad JamalDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5625-4021
Hina Iqbal BangashState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan China.
Maria HabibaDepartment of Zoology, University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Yufei LeiDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Tian XieDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Jiaxing SunDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Zimeng WeiDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Zixi HongDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Liang ShaoDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9066-8503
Qiuping ZhangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan P.R. China.
Wuhan University · CNHuazhong Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Malakand · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global public health crisis. As of 7 January 2021, 87,640,402 confirmed cases and 1,891,692 mortalities have been reported worldwide. Studies focusing on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients have suggested a dysregulated immune response characterized by lymphopenia and cytokine storm in these patients. The exaggerated immune response induced by the cytokine storm causes septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and/or multiple organs failure, which increases the fatality rate of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Herein, we review the recent research progress on epidemiology, clinical features, and system pathology in COVID-19. Moreover, we summarized the recent therapeutic strategies, which are either approved, under clinical trial, and/or under investigation by the local or global health authorities. We assume that treatments should focus on the use of antiviral drugs in combination with immunomodulators as well as treatment of the underlying comorbidities.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCytokine Release SyndromeHumansImmunity, InnateImmunologic FactorsLymphopeniaSARS-CoV-2Viral LoadAntiviral AgentsImmunologic Factorsards and multiple organs failurecovid-19cytokine release syndromelymphopeniapathogenesisSARS-COV-2

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PMID33757410
PMCPMC7993139
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