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Right now the world is going through an unprecedented pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus Recent papers pointed out the fatal outcome in most of the severe cases, in which a cytokine storm has been proven to be the cause of a systemic shock, acute respiratory syndrome, multiorgan failure and consequently death Several explanations have been proposed trying to explain the pathophysiology of the cytokine storm, but viral proteins with a possible superantigen activity as a cause of immune dysregulation has not been addressed If this hypothesis is proven, a different treatment approach might change the outcome in severe cases
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