Wong Rebecca S Y
Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University No. 9 Jalan Teknologi, Taman Sains Selangor, Kota Damansara, PJU 5, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2021 Jul 15;14(7):831-844. eCollection 2021.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). To date, there were > 163 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the disease has claimed > 3.3 million lives globally. As with many other diseases, inflammation is a key feature of COVID-19. When inflammation is overwhelming, it may lead to unfavorable outcomes or even death. Scientists all over the world are working tirelessly in search of therapeutic strategies to suppress or modulate inflammation in COVID-19. This review gives an overview of the role of inflammation in COVID-19. It also critically examines the various treatment approaches that target the immune system and inflammation in COVID-19, as well as highlights the key findings in the numerous studies conducted thus far.
2020年3月,世界卫生组织(WHO)宣布2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)为大流行病。截至目前,全球COVID-19确诊病例已超过1.63亿例,该疾病已导致全球超过330万人死亡。与许多其他疾病一样,炎症是COVID-19的一个关键特征。当炎症反应过度时,可能会导致不良后果甚至死亡。世界各地的科学家们正在不懈努力,寻找抑制或调节COVID-19炎症的治疗策略。本综述概述了炎症在COVID-19中的作用。它还批判性地审视了针对COVID-19免疫系统和炎症的各种治疗方法,并突出了迄今为止众多研究所取得的关键发现。