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. 2020 Nov 25;892:173751. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173751

Table 3.

Symptoms and Clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 induced immunopathology in humans.

Organ System Clinical Outcomes Clinical Manifestations References
Vascular System Cytokine storm Elevated IL-6, TNFα, IL-1β (Huang et al., 2020; Rodrigues et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2020a, Zhou et al., 2020b, Zhou et al., 2020c)
Lymophocyte count Elevated T helper 17 cells (TH17), plasma cells, CD8+ T cell activity, and decreased regulatory T cells (Huang et al., 2020; Qin et al., 2020)
Thrombocytopenia associated mortality Reduced platelet to lymphocyte ratio Lippi et al. (2020)
ARDS Elevated levels of ferritin (Wu et al., 2020a, Wu et al., 2020b, Wu et al., 2020c; Zhou et al., 2020a, Zhou et al., 2020b, Zhou et al., 2020c)
Vasculitis and Vascular Dysfunction Elevated VEGF, IL-10, IL-8 (Becker, 2020; Huang et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2020a, Zhou et al., 2020b, Zhou et al., 2020c)
Lungs Pneumonia with ARDS and dyspnea Elevated IL-6, TNFα, IL-1β, IL-10, IL-8 (Huang et al., 2020; Xu et al., 2020)
Kidneys Proteinuria and hematuria Elevated urea and creatine levels (Cheng et al., 2020; Su et al., 2020; Yang et al., 2020a, Yang et al., 2020b)
Liver Steatosis and abnormal Liver function Elevated AST, ALT, CRP, albumin levels (Ling, 2020; Zhou et al., 2020a, Zhou et al., 2020b, Zhou et al., 2020c)
Heart Acute myocardial injury and chronic CVS damage Elevated CK and LDH levels (Huang et al., 2020; Yang et al., 2020a, Yang et al., 2020b)
Intestine Microbial infection, diarrhea, severe acute ulcerative colitis Reduced T cell and NK cell count (Lymphopenia) (Carvalho et al., 2020; D'Amico et al., 2020; Yang et al., 2020a, Yang et al., 2020b)
Brain Encephalopathy, headache, ischemic stroke Elevated CRP, D-dimer, ferritin levels (Beyrouti et al., 2020; Huang et al., 2020)