Cytokines Torment associated to COVID-19

Autor: Belén Caridad Santiesteban Rodríguez, Frank Miguel Hernández Velázquez, Virgen Leticia Pupo Cruz, Raúl Javier Pizarro Hechavarría
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Revista Científica Estudiantil 2 de Diciembre, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp e233-e233 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2788-6786
Popis: 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.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals