| 单词 | cytokine storm |
| 释义 | > as lemmascytokine storm cytokine storm n. an overactive immune response occurring in various infectious and non-infectious diseases, characterized by the excessive production of cytokines and resulting in intense localized or generalized inflammation. ΚΠ 1992 Blood 80 2964/1 This cytokine network may be the final common pathway of the tissue damage associated with acute GVHD [= graft-versus-host disease], and the rapid onset of severe acute GVHD may be considered a ‘cytokine storm’. 2014 Observer 26 Oct. (New Review) 11/1 Eventually the viral load becomes too great, prompting the immune system to go into overdrive and launch an all-out attack known as a cytokine storm, which causes even more damage. 2018 P. F. Wright in J. L. Jameson et al. Princ. Internal Med. (ed. 20) v. xiii. 1384/1 Perhaps this ‘cytokine storm’ is the best explanation for the enhanced illness occurring in young, immunologically vigorous individuals in the 1918 pandemic. < as lemmas |
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