Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Unraveling the role of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Erin Murphy¹, Krzysztof Data², Dominika Domagała², Julia Niebora², Artur Bryja², Małgorzata Józkowiak^{2

3}, Hanna Piotrowska-Kempisty^{3

4}, Piotr Dziegiel⁵, Bartosz Kempisty^{2

6

7

8}, Paul Mozdziak^{6

9}

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Physiology Program, North Carolina State University Campus, Box 7608, NC State, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
² Division of Anatomy, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 50-368, Poland.
³ Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań 61-701, Poland.
⁴ Department of Basic and Preclinical Science, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun 87-100, Poland.
⁵ Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 50-368, Poland.
⁶ Physiology Graduate Faculty, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
⁷ Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Surgery, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun 87-100, Poland.
⁸ Center of Assisted Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno 601 77, Czech Republic.
⁹ Prestage Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.

Editorial

Erin Murphy et al. Genes Dis. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 9;13(1):101764.

doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2025.101764. eCollection 2026 Jan.

¹ Graduate Physiology Program, North Carolina State University Campus, Box 7608, NC State, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
² Division of Anatomy, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 50-368, Poland.
³ Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań 61-701, Poland.
⁴ Department of Basic and Preclinical Science, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun 87-100, Poland.
⁵ Division of Histology and Embryology, Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 50-368, Poland.
⁶ Physiology Graduate Faculty, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
⁷ Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Surgery, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun 87-100, Poland.
⁸ Center of Assisted Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno 601 77, Czech Republic.
⁹ Prestage Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

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