Association of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, TNF-α, and IFN-α With Severe Pediatric COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Kateryna Kozak, Halyna Pavlyshyn · 2026
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Kateryna Kozak and Halyna Pavlyshyn measure, in 2026, blood levels of immune messengers in children with COVID-19 and the related multisystem inflammatory syndrome. They hunted for thresholds that flag severe disease. Such messengers can surge to dangerous levels. Which levels matter in children was not well defined.
The cohort held 200 children with confirmed infection across mild, moderate and severe grades. Forty more had the inflammatory syndrome, and forty-five uninfected children served as controls. All were sampled within a day of admission. Five messengers carried cut-off values for severe COVID-19. All six measured messengers distinguished the inflammatory syndrome well. Its thresholds ran higher than those for severe infection. Ages spanned infancy to seventeen years.
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| CREATOR | Kateryna Kozak, Halyna Pavlyshyn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 75572 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |