Pathogenesis guided therapeutic management of COVID-19: an immunological perspective.
Ashutosh KumarPranav PrasoonPrakash S SekhawatVikas PareekMuneeb A FaiqChiman KumariRavi Kant NarayanMaheswari KulandhasamyKamla KantPublished in: International reviews of immunology (2020)
Lack of standardized therapeutic approaches is arguably the significant contributor to the high burden of mortality observed in the ongoing pandemic of the Coronavirus disease, 2019 (COVID-19). Evidence is accumulating on SARS-CoV-2 specific immune cell dysregulation and consequent tissue injury in COVID-19. Currently, no definite drugs or vaccines are available against the disease; however initial results of the ongoing clinical trials have raised some hope. In this article, taking insights from the emerging empirical evidence about host-virus interactions, we deliberate upon plausible pathogenic mechanisms and suitable therapeutic approaches for COVID-19.