Pre-existing asthma as a comorbidity does not modify cytokine responses and severity of COVID-19
Jian Luo,
Yi-Ling Chen,
Wentao Chen
et al.
Abstract:Background: A significant portion of COVID-19 sufferers have asthma. The
impacts of asthma on COVID-19 progression are still unclear but a
modifying effect is plausible as respiratory viruses are acknowledged to
be an important trigger for asthma exacerbations and a different,
potentially type-2 biased, immune response might occur. In this study,
we compared the blood circulating cytokine response to COVID-19
infection in patients with and without asthma. Methods: Plasma samples
and clinical information were c… Show more
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