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ReviewMolecular immunology2021

Mechanistic understanding of innate and adaptive immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Mumtaz Y Balkhi

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Review in Molecular immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Putative Role of Vitamin D for COVID-19 Vaccination.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mumtaz Y BalkhiDepartment of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; IT Bio, LLC, Nest.Bio Labs, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: mumtaz.yaseenbalkhi@maine.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have triggered global pandemic that continue to impact adversely human health. New understanding has emerged about the innate and adaptive immune responses elicited in SARS-CoV-2 infection. The understanding of innate immune responses generated in hosts early in SARS-CoV-2 infection is vital for treatment efforts. Antiviral cytokines are released by innate immune cells in response to viral infections that play a pivotal role in limiting viral replication, pathology and generating optimal adaptive immune responses alongside the long-term memory responses against reinfections. One aspect of innate immune response generated against SARS-CoV-2 in vivo and which has received much attention has been high proinflammatory cytokine release in COVID-19 patients. Another vital discovery has been that the antiviral cytokine type I Interferon (IFN) family IFN-α mediates upregulation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) membrane protein in airway epithelial cells. ACE2 is a receptor that SARS-CoV-2 binds to infect host cells. New understanding has emerged about the mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 induced exaggerated proinflammatory cytokine release as well as transcriptional regulation of ACE2. This review discusses various mechanisms underlying SARS-CoV-2 induced exaggerated proinflammatory cytokine response as well as transcriptional regulation of ACE2 receptor. We further elaborate on adaptive and memory responses generated against SARS-CoV-2.

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Immunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19CytokinesHumansSARS-CoV-2Transcriptional ActivationACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2CytokinesAlveolar macrophagesInterferon regulatory factorsSARS-CoV-2Toll like receptors

Identifiers

PMID33940513
PMCPMC8084627
OpenAlexW3157371621

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