However, this cytokine release can become uncontrolled — known as a cytokine storm — and lead to detrimental effects such as leakage from capillaries, tissue oedema, organ failure and shock.

This is also known as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or a "cytokine storm." A cytokine storm is a severe immune response that causes symptoms like a high fever, headache, nausea, and severe fatigue.

In an intensive genomic search for causes of cytokine storm, the research team used autopsy samples obtained from 40 patients who died from COVID-19. They performed genome analysis on samples ...

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body’s immune system called a cytokine storm. Cytokines are small proteins released by many different cells in ...

In their study, reported in the journal Biochemistry (Moscow), Zinovkin and Grebenchikov suggest that inducing Nrf2 could be a way to prevent or treat the so-called cytokine storm and release of ...

COVID-19 accelerates the progression of atherosclerotic plaques, increasing coronary inflammation and the risk of high-risk ...

Today I'm joined by rheumatologist Dr. Maximilian Konig at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he's going to talk about his interest in cytokine storm. Dr. Konig, thanks for joining me.

and alleviating the associated cytokine storm,” the authors of the study wrote. New research shows that cannabis compounds have the potential to prevent and treat Covid-19. The study ...