2021
JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Walz L, Cohen AJ, Rebaza AP, Vanchieri J, Slade MD, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2021, 21: 47. PMID: 33430799, PMCID: PMC7797881, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05730-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsType I interferonOdds of mortalityPositive clinical outcomesClinical outcomesI interferonICU admissionExcessive cytokine releaseType I interferon treatmentStandard treatment groupOdds of dischargeFavorable clinical outcomeNon-randomized trialsJanus kinase inhibitorSearch of MEDLINETerms of mortalityKinase inhibitor treatmentHospital dischargeCytokine releaseInterferon treatmentPotential antiviral candidatesNovel therapiesTreatment outcomesTreatment groupsAntiviral candidates
2018
The fungal ligand chitin directly binds TLR2 and triggers inflammation dependent on oligomer size
Fuchs K, Cardona Gloria Y, Wolz O, Herster F, Sharma L, Dillen CA, Täumer C, Dickhöfer S, Bittner Z, Dang T, Singh A, Haischer D, Schlöffel MA, Koymans KJ, Sanmuganantham T, Krach M, Roger T, Le Roy D, Schilling NA, Frauhammer F, Miller LS, Nürnberger T, LeibundGut‐Landmann S, Gust AA, Macek B, Frank M, Gouttefangeas C, Dela Cruz CS, Hartl D, Weber AN. The fungal ligand chitin directly binds TLR2 and triggers inflammation dependent on oligomer size. EMBO Reports 2018, 19: embr201846065. PMID: 30337494, PMCID: PMC6280652, DOI: 10.15252/embr.201846065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTLR2 ligandsInnate immune receptors Toll-like receptorToll-like receptorsMurine immune cellsImmune activationDistinct signaling outcomesImmune cellsNovel therapiesTriggers inflammationImmuno-modulationFungal infectionsInflammationImmune receptorsPotential targetTLR2Unknown purityReceptorsNanomolar affinityAsthmaHumansTherapyInfectionFungal diseasesDiseasePathology