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ReviewBiochemical pharmacology2022

The impact of DAMP-mediated inflammation in severe COVID-19 and related disorders.

Upasana Parthasarathy, Roberta Martinelli, Elisabeth H Vollmann, Katharine Best, Alex G Therien

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Review in Biochemical pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mucosal immune response in biology, disease prevention and treatment.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  3. COVID-19, the disease that changed the world.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2026
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Upasana ParthasarathyExploratory Science Center, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Roberta MartinelliExploratory Science Center, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Elisabeth H VollmannMRL, Merck & Co., Inc, Boston, MA, USA.
Katharine BestExploratory Science Center, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alex G TherienExploratory Science Center, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: alex_therien@merck.com.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The host response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is highly heterogeneous, ranging from mild/asymptomatic to severe. The moderate to severe forms of COVID-19 often require hospitalization, are associated with a high rate of mortality, and appear to be caused by an inappropriately exaggerated inflammatory response to the virus. Emerging data confirm the involvement of both innate and adaptive immune pathways both in protection from SARS-CoV-2, and in driving the pathology of severe COVID-19. In particular, innate immune cells including neutrophils appear to be key players in the inflammation that causes the vicious cycle of damage and inflammation that underlies the symptomatology of severe COVID-19. Several recent studies support a link between damage and inflammation, with damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) playing a key role in the pathology of severe COVID-19. In this review, we put into perspective the role of DAMPs and of components of the DAMP-signaling cascade, including Siglecs and their cognate ligands CD24 and CD52, in COVID-19. Further, we review clinical data on proposed therapeutics targeting DAMP pathways to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection and the regulation of these signaling cascades in COVID-19. We also discuss the potential impact of DAMP-mediated inflammation in other indications related to COVID-19, such as ARDS, endothelial dysfunction, hypercoagulation, and sepsis.

Indexed as

SARS-CoV-2AlarminsCOVID-19HumansImmunity, InnateInflammationInflammation MediatorsAlarminsInflammation MediatorsARDSCD24CD24FcDAMPEndothelial DysfunctionHMGB1HypercoagulationNeutrophilsSiglecsTLR/PRR

Identifiers

PMID34801526
PMCPMC8600760
OpenAlexW3215852470

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