COVID-19 immunopathobiology | Outcome of immunopathogenesis |
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Lymphopenia | Decrease in Th cells, cytotoxic cells, memory T cells, Treg cells, B cells, NK cells |
Neutrophilia | Increased neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio |
Granulocyte & monocyte abnormalities | Decrease in eosinophils, basophils, monocytes |
Cytokine release syndrome | Increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines: IL-6, IL-12, IL-18, IL-17, IL-33. IL-1β, TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-γIncreased production of chemokines: CCL2, CCL3, CCL5, CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL10 |
Lymphocyte exhaustion | T cell and NK cell exhaustion |
Antibody dependent enhancement | Increased viral entry into host cells |
AS, VS, AK, MOP wrote the article. BJO and MOP edited and concepted the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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