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Macrophages, inflammation, cytokines and SARS-CoV-2. Researchers at the Center of Excellence for Molecular Target Discovery are observing what happens to macrophages -- one of the white blood cells -- when they come into contact with SARS-CoV-2. One of the effects that CENTD researchers detected is that cytokines - a type of protein that serves the immune system to protect us - leave the cells and head towards the environment. Why is this? Research does not know the answer. Butantan Team: Script and direction: Valesca Canabarro Dios Images and editing: Davi Pina Barros ▶ Butantan Institute - At the service of Life ▶ Subscribe, like and share! #Butantan Institute #Science #Education