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Published in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 1/2022

01-03-2022 | SARS-CoV-2 | COMMENTARY

COVID-19 and cancer: start the resolution!

Authors: Chantal Barksdale, Franciele C. Kipper, Shreya Tripathy, Selvakumar Subbian, Charles N. Serhan, Dipak Panigrahy

Published in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been an ongoing pandemic causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The “cytokine storm” is a critical driving force in severe COVID-19 cases, leading to hyperinflammation, multi-system organ failure, and death. A paradigm shift is emerging in our understanding of the resolution of inflammation from a passive course to an active biochemical process driven by endogenous specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs), such as resolvins, protectins, lipoxins, and maresins. SPMs stimulate macrophage-mediated debris clearance and counter pro-inflammatory cytokine production, a process collectively termed as the “resolution of inflammation.” Hyperinflammation is not unique to COVID-19 and also occurs in neoplastic conditions, putting individuals with underlying health conditions such as cancer at elevated risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite approaches to block systemic inflammation, there are no current therapies designed to stimulate the resolution of inflammation in patients with COVID-19 or cancer. A non-immunosuppressive therapeutic approach that reduces the cytokine storm in patients with COVID-19 and cancer is urgently needed. SPMs are potent immunoresolvent and organ-protective lipid autacoids that stimulate the resolution of inflammation, facilitate clearance of infections, reduce thrombus burden, and promote a return to tissue homeostasis. Targeting endogenous lipid mediators, such as SPMs, offers an entirely novel approach to control SARS-CoV-2 infection and cancer by increasing the body’s natural reserve of pro-resolving mediators without overt toxicity or immunosuppression.
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Metadata
Title
COVID-19 and cancer: start the resolution!
Authors
Chantal Barksdale
Franciele C. Kipper
Shreya Tripathy
Selvakumar Subbian
Charles N. Serhan
Dipak Panigrahy
Publication date
01-03-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0167-7659
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10555-021-10017-z

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