The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war

Jiang-Bo Fan; Qin-Yuan Li; Xi-Feng Feng; Si-Yuan Huang; Rui Wang; Feng-Ying Liao; Di Liu; Wen-Yi Liu; Jian-Hui Sun; Hua-Cai Zhang; Hui-Ting Zhou; Jian-Xin Jiang; Zhen Wang; Ling Zeng

doi:10.1186/s40779-025-00678-0

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The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war

REVIEW | Updated：2026-06-10

- The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war
- Military Medical Research Vol. 13, Issue 5, Pages: 811-832(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Trauma Medical Center, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
  2.Department of Respiratory Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescents’Health and Diseases, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Chongqing 400014, China
  3.Institute of Pediatric Research, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215025, Jiangsu, China
  4.Department of Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
- Author bio：
  
  * Jian-Xin Jiang hellojjx@tmmu.edu.cn
  Zhen Wang dpicuwz@tmmu.edu.cn
  Ling Zeng zengling_1025@tmmu.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1186/s40779-025-00678-0
  CLC：
- Received：18 August 2025，
  
  Accepted：24 November 2025，
  
  Online First：12 January 2026，
  
  Published：2026-05
- Accepted：
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Jiang-Bo Fan, Qin-Yuan Li, Xi-Feng Feng, et al. The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war[J]. Military Medical Research, 2026, 13(5): 811-832.
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Jiang-Bo Fan, Qin-Yuan Li, Xi-Feng Feng, et al. The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war[J]. Military Medical Research, 2026, 13(5): 811-832. DOI： 10.1186/s40779-025-00678-0.

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The "cytokine storm" in infection and sepsis:win the battle but lose the war

DOI：10.1186/s40779-025-00678-0