Cytokin: Forskelle mellem versioner

Et immunrespons, der løber løbsk, kaldes en cytokinstorm: niveauet af bestemte cytokiner øges langt over normalt, og medfører kaskader af reaktioner, så immunceller begynder at angribe sundt væv. Blodkar lækker, blodet koagulerer og organer svigter katastrofisk.<ref>[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/how-does-coronavirus-kill-clinicians-trace-ferocious-rampage-through-body-brain-toes How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes. Sciencemag 2020]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294426/ Into the Eye of the Cytokine Storm. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012]</ref><ref>[https://innovationorigins.com/how-the-immune-system-paves-the-way-for-sars-cov-2/ How the Immune System Paves the Way for SARS-CoV-2. Innovation Origins 2021]</ref>