COVID-19: disease pathways and gene expression changes predict methylprednisolone can improve outcome in severe cases
Author(s) -
Sorin Drăghici,
TuanMinh Nguyen,
Larry A. Sonna,
Cordelia Ziraldo,
Radu Vanciu,
Raef Fadel,
Austin Morrison,
Rachel M. Kenney,
George Alangaden,
Mayur Ramesh,
Gil Mor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab163
Subject(s) - methylprednisolone , cytokine storm , dexamethasone , medicine , covid-19 , inflammation , ards , bioinformatics , lung , disease , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 has several distinct clinical phases: a viral replication phase, an inflammatory phase and in some patients, a hyper-inflammatory phase. High mortality is associated with patients developing cytokine storm syndrome. Treatment of hyper-inflammation in these patients using existing approved therapies with proven safety profiles could address the immediate need to reduce mortality.
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