TY - JOUR ID - TI - Review Study of Interleukin-6 and its Association with Coronavirus AU - Review Study of Interleukin-6 and its Association with Coronavirus AU - Athmar Jawad Ahmed AU - Waleed Abd Ali Hassan PY - 2020 VL - 2 IS - 6 SP - 102 EP - 111 JO - JOURNAL OF KUFA FOR CHEMICAL SCIENCES مجلة الكوفة لعلوم الكيمياء SN - 20772351 AB - Coronaviruses are a wide family of viruses that can infect birds and mammals, including humans, according to the World Health Organization. Corona viruses can cause severe inflammation of the lungs and damage the digestive tract and nervous system. Cytokines have been found that play major role in driving presence of these clinical features and are also at the center of the development of inflammation. Inflammatory cytokine storm coupled with an inflammatory cytokine storm characterized primarily by increased levels of IL-6

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