SARS-CoV-2 infection and overactivation of Nlrp3 inflammasome as a trigger of cytokine “storm” and risk factor for damage of hematopoietic stem cells
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, Magda Kucia
Abstract
The scientific community faces an unexpected and urgent challenge related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and is investigating the role of receptors involved in entry of this virus into cells as well as pathomechanisms leading to a cytokine "storm," which in many cases ends in severe acute respiratory syndrome, fulminant myocarditis and kidney injury. An important question is if it may also damage hematopoietic stem progenitor cells?
Topics & Concepts
Cytokine stormStem cellImmunologyFulminantHaematopoiesisInflammasomeCytokineStem cell factorMedicineBiologyInflammationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PathologyCell biologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Inflammasome and immune disordersCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research