TY - JOUR AU - Celardo, Ivana AU - Pace, Luigia AU - Cifaldi, Loredana AU - Gaudio, Carlo AU - Barnaba, Vincenzo PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/29 TI - The immune system view of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 JO - Biology Direct SP - 30 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Knowing the “point of view” of the immune system is essential to understand the characteristic of a pandemic, such as that generated by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, responsible for the Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19. In this review, we will discuss the general host/pathogen interactions dictating protective immune response or immunopathology, addressing the role of immunity or immunopathology in influencing the clinical infection outcome, and debate the potential immunoprophylactic and immunotherapy strategies required to fight the virus infection. SN - 1745-6150 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13062-020-00283-2 DO - 10.1186/s13062-020-00283-2 ID - Celardo2020 ER -