Cytokines Torment associated to COVID-19

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Cytokines, Coronavirus, Infection, Coronavirus Infections, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Epidemiology.

Abstract

Introduction:COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that was identified and characterized in January 2020 in China. This condition is accompanied by an aggressive inflammatory response with a huge liberation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This event is called cytokines torment.

Objective: to describe cytokines torments associated to COVID-19.

Methods: a review of 29 bibliographic references was made, consulting articles from Elsevier, SciELO, ClinicalKey,Pubmed and Google Schoolar were reviewed, through different databases. Markers cytokines; coronavirus; infection; coronavirus infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome and epidemiology were used as descriptors.

Development: all pathological process begins with defects in the T-cells activity and increasing activity of the macrophages and activation of all the immune system because cytokines torments. This potentially deadly affection is presented in patients with COVID-19.

Conclusions:infection for COVID-19 is accompanied by an inflammatory aggressive response with the liberation of a huge amount of proinflammatory cytokines. This is called cytokines torments. This can show up with a variety of symptoms that go from a mild flu to a lifethreading disease.

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2022-12-25

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Santiesteban Rodríguez BC, Hernández Velázquez FM, Pupo Cruz VL, Pizarro Hechavarría RJ. Cytokines Torment associated to COVID-19. Revdosdic [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 25 [cited 2025 Mar. 25];5(4):e233. Available from: https://revdosdic.sld.cu/index.php/revdosdic/article/view/233

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