RE: More on JAKs and covid12 May 2020 09:33
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“Among 41 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia described by Huang and colleagues, the 13 patients requiring intensive care showed significantly higher serum levels of many cytokines and chemokines including IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, G-CSF, TNF-a, and IL-1Ra compared to those who were not in an intensive care unit (ICU). In comparison to healthy controls they also showed higher serum levels of IL-6, IL-9, IL-13, GM-CSF, IFN-?, IL-1ß, IL-8, and IL-17.
In a study of 50 COVID-19 patients, Hadjadj et al. found an increase in peripheral blood of IL-6 and IL-6-induced genes, TNF-a and TNF-a pathway-related genes, as well as IL-10.
Therefore, the use of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors (JAKi) targeting IL-6 and other cytokines with JAK-dependent signaling is one way to restrain the excessive level of cytokine signaling.”
https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/47/eabc5367