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ArticleImmunobiology2023

Th-1, Th-2, Th-9, Th-17, Th-22 type cytokine concentrations of critical COVID-19 patients after treatment with Remdesivir.

Kurosh Kalantar, Atefe Ghamar Talepoor, Mahsa Eshkevar Vakili, Narges Karami, Mehdi Kalani, Farzad Ghandehari, Dieter Kabelitz, Seppo Meri, Afagh Moattari

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Article in Immunobiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Kurosh KalantarDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Immunology Center for Excellence, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: kalantark@sums.ac.ir.
Atefe Ghamar TalepoorDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mahsa Eshkevar VakiliDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Narges KaramiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mehdi KalaniDepartment of Immunology, Prof. Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Farzad GhandehariDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Dieter KabelitzInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Hospital Schleswig, Holstein Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Seppo MeriDepartment of Bacteriology and Immunology and the Translational Immunology Research Program (TRIMM), The University of Helsinki and HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Afagh MoattariDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: moattaria@sums.ac.ir.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly spread around the world causing a pandemic known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cytokine storm was directly correlated with severity of COVID-19 syndromes. We evaluated the levels of 13 cytokines in ICU hospitalized COVID-19 patients (n = 29) before, and after treatment with Remdesivir as well as in healthy controls (n = 29). Blood samples were obtained from ICU patients during ICU admission (before treatment) and 5 days after treatment with Remdesivir. A group of 29 age- and gender-matched healthy controls was also studied. Cytokine levels were evaluated by multiplex immunoassay method using a fluorescence labeled cytokine panel. In comparison to cytokine levels measured at ICU admission, serum levels were reduced of IL-6 (134.75 pg/mL vs. 20.73 pg/mL, P < 0.0001), TNF-α (121.67 pg/mL vs. 10.15 pg/mL, P < 0.0001) and IFN-γ (29.69 pg/mL vs. 22.27 pg/mL, P = 0.005), whereas serum level was increased of IL-4 (8.47 pg/mL vs. 12.44 pg/mL, P = 0.002) within 5 days after Remdesivir treatment. Comparing with before treatment, Remdesivir significantly reduced the levels of inflammatory (258.98 pg/mL vs. 37.43 pg/mL, P < 0.0001), Th1-type (31.24 pg/mL vs. 24.46 pg/mL, P = 0.007), and Th17-type (36.79 pg/mL vs. 26.22 pg/mL, P < 0.0001) cytokines in critical COVID-19 patients. However, after Remdesivir treatment, the concentrations of Th2-type cytokines were significantly higher than before treatment (52.69 pg/mL vs. 37.09 pg/mL, P < 0.0001). In conclusion, Remdesivir led to decrease levels of Th1-type and Th17-type cytokines and increase Th2-type cytokines in critical COVID-19 patients 5 days after treatment.

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PMID37058846
PMCPMC10036294
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