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What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?

The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 triggers macrophages and epithelial cells to produce excess levels of pro-inflammatory molecules, which can do more harm than good.

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Autores principales: Sawa, Tomohiro, Akaike, Takaaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049500
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76231
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spelling pubmed-87762482022-01-21 What triggers inflammation in COVID-19? Sawa, Tomohiro Akaike, Takaaki eLife Immunology and Inflammation The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 triggers macrophages and epithelial cells to produce excess levels of pro-inflammatory molecules, which can do more harm than good. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8776248/ /pubmed/35049500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76231 Text en © 2022, Sawa and Akaike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?
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title_full What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?
title_fullStr What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?
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title_short What triggers inflammation in COVID-19?
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topic Immunology and Inflammation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776248/
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