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Endogenous interferon-beta but not interferon-alpha or interferon-lambda levels in nasal mucosa predict clinical outcome in critical COVID-19 patients independent of viral load
2021-03-26
Abstract excerpt
Although the subject of intensive preclinical and clinical research, controversy on the protective vs. deleterious effect of interferon (IFN) in COVID-19 remains. Some apparently conflicting results are likely due to the intricacy of IFN subtypes (type I: IFN-alpha/beta, type III: IFN-lambda), timing and mode of administration (nebulized/subcutaneous) and clinical groups targeted (asymptomatic/mild, moderate, seve...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5542a429-3144-5e39-9f21-d70896f0737d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.03.23.21253748
