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ReviewBiomedicines2021

The Potential Role of Cytokine Storm Pathway in the Clinical Course of Viral Respiratory Pandemic.

Giuseppe Murdaca, Francesca Paladin, Alessandro Tonacci, Stefania Isola, Alessandro Allegra, Sebastiano Gangemi

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Review in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe MurdacaClinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6403-6905
Francesca PaladinDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Alessandro TonacciClinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IFC-CNR), 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8335-5541
Stefania IsolaSchool and Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Alessandro AllegraDivision of Hematology, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6156-8239
Sebastiano GangemiSchool and Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The "cytokine storm" (CS) consists of a spectrum of different immune dysregulation disorders characterized by constitutional symptoms, systemic inflammation and multiorgan dysfunction triggered by an uncontrolled immune response. Particularly in respiratory virus infections, the cytokine storm plays a primary role in the pathogenesis of respiratory disease and the clinical outcome of respiratory diseases, leading to complications such as alveolar edema and hypoxia. In this review, we wanted to analyze the different pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the various respiratory viral pandemics (COVID-19; SARS; MERS; H1N1 influenza A and Spanish flu) which have affected humans in this and last century, with particular attention to the phenomenon of the "cytokine storm" which determines the clinical severity of the respiratory disease and consequently its lethality.

Indexed as

COVID-19cytokine stormH1N1hemostasisMERSSARSSpanish flu

Identifiers

PMID34829918
PMCPMC8615478
OpenAlexW3214635014

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