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ReviewAnnual review of immunology2024

Innate Immunity in Protection and Pathogenesis During Coronavirus Infections and COVID-19.

R K Subbarao Malireddi, Bhesh Raj Sharma, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

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Review in Annual review of immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

R K Subbarao MalireddiDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; email: Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org.
Bhesh Raj SharmaDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; email: Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org.
Thirumala-Devi KannegantiDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; email: Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org.

Funding

Innate immune sensors, inflammasomes, and inflammasome-mediated processes in cancerR35CA253095 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2020 to 2026
$7.0M
Role of NLR Inflammasomes in Autoinflammatory Diseases and Host DefenseR01AR056296 · NIAMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2008 to 2022
$5.9M
The Non-Inflammasome NLRs in Immunity and Host defenseR01AI124346 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2016 to 2026
$5.8M
Inflammatory Caspases in Innate Immunity and InflammationR37AI101935 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2017 to 2026
$4.9M
Targeting innate immune pathways, and inflammatory cell death in cytokine-mediated diseasesR01AI160179 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2021 to 2025
$4.2M
Inflammatory Caspases in Innate Immunity and InflammationR01AI101935 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253095NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101935NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124346NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI160179NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI101935NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR056296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the recently emerged β-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 has had a catastrophic impact, resulting in nearly 7 million fatalities worldwide to date. The innate immune system is the first line of defense against infections, including the detection and response to SARS-CoV-2. Here, we discuss the innate immune mechanisms that sense coronaviruses, with a focus on SARS-CoV-2 infection and how these protective responses can become detrimental in severe cases of COVID-19, contributing to cytokine storm, inflammation, long-COVID, and other complications. We also highlight the complex cross talk among cytokines and the cellular components of the innate immune system, which can aid in viral clearance but also contribute to inflammatory cell death, cytokine storm, and organ damage in severe COVID-19 pathogenesis. Furthermore, we discuss how SARS-CoV-2 evades key protective innate immune mechanisms to enhance its virulence and pathogenicity, as well as how innate immunity can be therapeutically targeted as part of the vaccination and treatment strategy. Overall, we highlight how a comprehensive understanding of innate immune mechanisms has been crucial in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 infections and the development of novel host-directed immunotherapeutic strategies for various diseases.

Indexed as

COVID-19Immunity, InnateSARS-CoV-2AnimalsCytokine Release SyndromeCytokinesHumansImmune EvasionCytokinescaspasecell deathcytokine storminflammasomeinflammationPANoptosisRIPKSARS-CoV-2

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PMID38941608
PMCPMC11373870

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