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ReviewGene reports2021

Immunopathology and Immunopathogenesis of COVID-19, what we know and what we should learn.

Mehdi Shahgolzari, Afagh Yavari, Yaser Arjeini, Seyed Mohammad Miri, Amirhossein Darabi, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Mohsen Keshavarz

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In one paragraph

Review in Gene reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Mehdi ShahgolzariImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Afagh YavariDepartment of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Yaser ArjeiniDepartment of Research and Development, Production and Research Complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mohammad MiriFreelance Researcher of Biomedical Sciences, No 32, Vaezi Street, Tehran, Iran.
Amirhossein DarabiThe Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Amir Sasan Mozaffari NejadDepartment of Microbiology, Nutrition Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mohsen KeshavarzThe Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Bushehr University of Medical Sciences · IRHamedan University of Medical Sciences · IRPasteur Institute of Iran · IRPayame Noor University · IRTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) directly interacts with host's epithelial and immune cells, leading to inflammatory response induction, which is considered the hallmark of infection. The host immune system is programmed to facilitate the clearance of viral infection by establishing a modulated response. However, SARS-CoV-2 takes the initiative and its various structural and non-structural proteins directly or indirectly stimulate the uncontrolled activation of injurious inflammatory pathways through interaction with innate immune system mediators. Upregulation of cell-signaling pathways such as mitogen-activate protein kinase (MAPK) in response to recognition of SARS-CoV-2 antigens by innate immune system receptors mediates unbridled production of proinflammatory cytokines and cells causing cytokine storm, tissue damage, increased pulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and mortality. Moreover, this acute inflammatory state hinders the immunomodulatory effect of T helper cells and timely response of CD4

Indexed as

Immune evasionImmunotherapyInflammatorySARS-CoV-2VaccineVirus

Identifiers

PMID34778602
PMCPMC8570409
OpenAlexW3211835501

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Registered trials

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