Increased interleukin-6 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 are associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19

Abstract In SARS-CoV-2 infection there is an urgent need to identify patients that will progress to severe COVID-19 and may benefit from targeted treatment. In this study we analyzed plasma cytokines in COVID-19 patients and investigated their association with respiratory failure (RF) and treatment...

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Main Authors: Marthe Jøntvedt Jørgensen, Jan Cato Holter, Erik Egeland Christensen, Camilla Schjalm, Kristian Tonby, Søren Erik Pischke, Synne Jenum, Linda G. Skeie, Sarah Nur, Andreas Lind, Hanne Opsand, Tone Burvald Enersen, Ragnhild Grøndahl, Anne Hermann, Susanne Dudman, Fredrik Muller, Thor Ueland, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Pål Aukrust, Lars Heggelund, Aleksander Rygh Holten, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78710-7