Monocytic Phagocytes in the Immunopathogenesis of Cytokine Storm Syndromes.

Adv Exp Med Biol

Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Published: August 2024

Cytokine storm syndromes (CSSs) are caused by a dysregulated host immune response to an inciting systemic inflammatory trigger. This maladaptive and harmful immune response culminates in collateral damage to host tissues resulting in life-threatening multisystem organ failure. Knowledge of the various immune cells that contribute to CSS pathogenesis has improved dramatically in the past decade. Monocytes, dendritic cells, and macrophages, collective known as monocytic phagocytes, are well-positioned within the immune system hierarchy to make key contributions to the initiation, propagation, and amplification of the hyperinflammatory response in CSS. The plasticity of monocytic phagocytes also makes them prime candidates for mediating immunoregulatory and tissue-healing functions in patients who recover from cytokine storm-mediated immunopathology. Therefore, approaches to manipulate the myriad functions of monocytic phagocytes may improve the clinical outcome of CSS.

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