Cytokine release syndrome

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Shimabukuro Vornhagen, Alexander ^a,b   Gödel, Philipp ^a   Subklewe, Marion ^c,d,e,f   Stemmler, Hans Joachim ^c,f   Schlößer, Hans Anton ^a   Schlaak, Max ^a   Kochanek, Matthias ^a,b   Böll, Boris ^a,b   von Bergwelt Baildon, Michael S ^a,b,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Intensive Care in Hemato Oncologic Patients (iCHOP)   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f Munich Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAR T cells; Cytokine release syndrome; Cytokine storm; Immunotherapy; T cell engaging therapies

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD163 ANTIGEN; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FERRITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIVOLUMAB; RITUXIMAB; TOCILIZUMAB;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; NEOPLASM; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNDROME;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOTHERAPY; SYNDROME;

EID: 85048623460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40425-018-0343-9     Document Type: Review

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