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ReviewVirulence2023

An important call: Suggestion of using IL-10 as therapeutic agent for COVID-19 with ARDS and other complications.

Li-Jane Shih, Chun-Chun Yang, Min-Tser Liao, Kuo-Cheng Lu, Wan-Chung Hu, Chih-Pei Lin

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Review in Virulence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 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 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Li-Jane ShihDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Chun-Chun YangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Min-Tser LiaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Kuo-Cheng LuDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Wan-Chung HuDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1360-1422
Chih-Pei LinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TWFu Jen Catholic University · TWMing Chuan University · TWTaoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a detrimental impact on public health. COVID-19 usually manifests as pneumonia, which can progress into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to uncontrolled TH17 immune reaction. Currently, there is no effective therapeutic agent to manage COVID-19 with complications. The currently available anti-viral drug remdesivir has an effectiveness of 30% in SARS-CoV-2-induced severe complications. Thus, there is a need to identify effective agents to treat COVID-19 and the associated acute lung injury and other complications. The host immunological pathway against this virus typically involves the THαβ immune response. THαβ immunity is triggered by type 1 interferon and interleukin-27 (IL-27), and the main effector cells of the THαβ immune response are IL10-CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, NK cells, and IgG1-producing B cells. In particular, IL-10 exerts a potent immunomodulatory or anti-inflammatory effect and is an anti-fibrotic agent for pulmonary fibrosis. Concurrently, IL-10 can ameliorate acute lung injury or ARDS, especially those caused by viruses. Owing to its anti-viral activity and anti-pro-inflammatory effects, in this review, IL-10 is suggested as a possible treatment agent for COVID-19.

Indexed as

Acute Lung InjuryCOVID-19Respiratory Distress SyndromeHumansInterleukin-10SARS-CoV-2Interleukin-10ARDSCOVID-19IL-10Tr1virus

Identifiers

PMID36914565
PMCPMC10026935
OpenAlexW4324129850

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