| T134 |
0-708 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Although more conclusive results are awaited from randomised controlled trials, encouraging preliminary results have been reported for the successful management of severe and critical COVID-19 by therapeutic modulation of IL-1α and IL-1β with recombinant IL-1RA (anakinra)84, 85 and by blocking GM-CSF using monoclonal antibodies (mavrilimumab, lenzilumab).86, 87 Although some studies have shown that IL-6 peaks at advanced stages of COVID-19 and is associated with disease severity,2, 10, 15 other studies have reported conflicting data on IL-6 and IL-6 receptor expression in patients,9, 11 and the results with anti-IL-6 receptor antibodies (eg, tocilizumab, sarilumab) have been controversial.88, 89, 90 |
