We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Early Differences in Cytokine Production by Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019.
- Authors
Tjan, Lidya Handayani; Furukawa, Koichi; Nagano, Tatsuya; Kiriu, Tatsunori; Nishimura, Mitsuhiro; Arii, Jun; Hino, Yasuhisa; Iwata, Sachiyo; Nishimura, Yoshihiro; Mori, Yasuko
- Abstract
Most patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience asymptomatic disease or mild symptoms, but some have critical symptoms requiring intensive care. It is important to determine how patients with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 react to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and suppress virus spread. Innate immunity is important for evasion from the first virus attack, and it may play an important role in the pathogenesis in these patients. We measured serum cytokine levels in 95 patients with COVID-19 during the infection's acute phase and report that significantly higher interleukin 12 and 2 levels were induced in patients with asymptomatic or mild disease than in those with moderate or severe disease, indicating the key roles of these cytokines in the pathogenesis of asymptomatic or mild COVID-19.
- Subjects
COVID-19; CYTOKINES; VIRAL transmission; SYMPTOMS; VIRUS diseases
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 223, Issue 7, p1145
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jiab005