Cytokine Drizzle-The Rationale for Abandoning "Cytokine Storm".
Stolarski AE, Kim J, Zhang Q, Remick DG.
Stolarski AE, et al. Among authors: remick dg.
Shock. 2021 Nov 1;56(5):667-672. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001769.
Shock. 2021.
PMID: 34652339
Review.
Patients with autoimmune diseases have very low blood levels of cytokines (rheumatoid arthritis, IL-6 = 34 pg/mL; Crohn's disease, IL-6 = 5 pg/mL), yet respond dramatically to cytokine inhibitors. CONCLUSION: The misleading term "cytokine storm" implies increased blood lev …
Patients with autoimmune diseases have very low blood levels of cytokines (rheumatoid arthritis, IL-6 = 34 pg/mL; Crohn's disease, IL-6 = 5 …