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Upregulation of pulmonary tissue factor, loss of thrombomodulin and immunothrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Ivo M. B. Francischetti et al.

Summary: This study found that COVID-19 patients have thrombotic and microvascular complications, and the coagulation abnormalities have a multifactorial etiology. Biomarkers of endothelial cell, neutrophil activation, and fibrinolysis were elevated in severe disease group, correlating with severity. Postmortem specimens demonstrated potential links to immunothrombosis with upregulation of pulmonary TF and loss of thrombomodulin staining.

ECLINICALMEDICINE (2021)

Review Immunology

A scoping review of the pathophysiology of COVID-19

Paul E. Marik et al.

Summary: COVID-19 is a highly complex medical disorder, with severe cases involving multiple pathological processes such as inflammation, endothelial inflammation, and thrombosis. The presence of auto-antibodies exacerbates the severity of the disease.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY (2021)

Review Pathology

COVID-19 Vasculopathy: Mounting Evidence for an Indirect Mechanism of Endothelial Injury

Roberto F. Nicosia et al.

Summary: Critically ill COVID-19 patients develop vascular complications characterized by thrombosis in blood vessels of various sizes. Dysfunction of the vascular endothelium is mainly due to the indirect effects of the virus through cytokine storms and excessive immune response, rather than direct viral entry and infection of endothelial cells.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY (2021)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Association between Circulating Protein C Levels and Incident Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Adrienne Tin et al.

Summary: This study found an inverse association between circulating protein C levels and incident dementia in both midlife and late life, independent of established risk factors. Further research on anticoagulants in relation to dementia may enhance our understanding of the connection between hemostasis and dementia.

NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY (2021)

Article Hematology

Comparison of the coagulopathies associated with COVID-19 and sepsis

Robert A. Campbell et al.

Summary: Patients with COVID-19 had significantly higher levels of D-dimer, EVTF activity, and active PAI-1 compared with healthy controls, while patients with sepsis had significantly higher levels of D-dimer and EVTF activity compared with healthy controls. High levels of both EVTF activity and active PAI-1 in COVID-19 patients may promote thrombosis due to simultaneous activation of coagulation and inhibition of fibrinolysis, and the high levels of active PAI-1 may explain the lower levels of D-dimer in COVID-19 patients compared with sepsis patients.

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2021)

Article Immunology

Endothelial dysfunction and immunothrombosis as key pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19

Aldo Bonaventura et al.

Summary: The authors suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a prothrombotic state and dysregulated immunothrombosis, leading to severe manifestations of COVID-19. They also discuss potential antithrombotic and immunomodulating drugs for treating COVID-19 patients, aiming to reduce the acute and long-term consequences of the disease by targeting immunothrombosis.

NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY (2021)

Article Critical Care Medicine

Carboxypeptidase B blocks ex vivo activation of the anaphylatoxin-neutrophil extracellular trap axis in neutrophils from COVID-19 patients

Yue Zhang et al.

Summary: The study found that plasma levels of complements C3 and MPO-DNA were positively correlated with coagulation indicators in COVID-19 patients. The complement components anaphylatoxins in the plasma of COVID-19 patients strongly induced NET formation. Early intervention in anaphylatoxins might help prevent thrombosis and disease progression in COVID-19 patients.

CRITICAL CARE (2021)

Review Clinical Neurology

Stroke in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stefania Nannoni et al.

Summary: Acute cerebrovascular diseases occur in 1.4% of COVID-19 patients, with acute ischemic stroke being the most common manifestation. Patients with COVID-19 are more likely to have pre-existing vascular risk factors and higher mortality rates compared to those without cerebrovascular diseases.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE (2021)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China

W. Guan et al.

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2020)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19

Dominic Wichmann et al.

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2020)

Article Hematology

COVID-19 and its implications for thrombosis and anticoagulation

Jean M. Connors et al.

BLOOD (2020)

Article Clinical Neurology

SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke in a New York Healthcare System

Shadi Yaghi et al.

STROKE (2020)

Editorial Material Hematology

Thromboinflammation and the hypercoagulability of COVID-19

Jean M. Connors et al.

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Article Hematology

Prevalence of venous thromboembolism in patients with severe novel coronavirus pneumonia

Songping Cui et al.

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Letter Medicine, General & Internal

Electron microscopy of SARS-CoV-2: a challenging task

Cynthia S. Goldsmith et al.

LANCET (2020)

Letter Medicine, General & Internal

Endothelial cell infection and endotheliitis in COVID-19

Zsuzsanna Varga et al.

LANCET (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters

Sin Fun Sia et al.

NATURE (2020)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19

Maximilian Ackermann et al.

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2020)

Letter Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

Platelet and Vascular Biomarkers Associate With Thrombosis and Death in Coronavirus Disease

Tessa J. Barrett et al.

CIRCULATION RESEARCH (2020)

Article Hematology

Endothelial Dysfunction and Thrombosis in Patients With COVID-19-Brief Report

Seigo Nagashima et al.

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY (2020)

Article Hematology

Platelet gene expression and function in patients with COVID-19

Bhanu Kanth Manne et al.

BLOOD (2020)

Article Immunology

Understanding the Pathophysiology of COVID-19: Could the Contact System Be the Key?

Simone Meini et al.

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY (2020)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Neutrophil extracelluar traps in COVID-19

Yu Zuo et al.

JCI INSIGHT (2020)

Letter Medicine, General & Internal

Venous Thrombosis Among Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Julien Nahum et al.

JAMA NETWORK OPEN (2020)

Review Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chi Zhang et al.

FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (2020)

Article

COVID-19 et pathologie thromboembolique veineuse

A. Trimaille et al.

ANNALES DE CARDIOLOGIE ET D ANGEIOLOGIE (2020)

Article Hematology

Identification of hemostatic markers that define the pre-DIC state: A multi-center observational study

Nicholas L. Jackson Chornenki et al.

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Review Hematology

Is the COVID-19 thrombotic catastrophe complement-connected?

Edward M. Conway et al.

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Article Hematology

Hypofibrinolytic state and high thrombin generation may play a major role in SARS-COV2 associated thrombosis

Christophe Nougier et al.

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Article Hematology

Platelets Promote Thromboinflammation in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia

Francesco Taus et al.

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY (2020)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

A Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2 Induces Acute Lung Injury and Mortality in Standard Laboratory Mice

Sarah R. Leist et al.

Article Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

Platelets Can Associate With SARS-CoV-2 RNA and Are Hyperactivated in COVID-19

Younes Zaid et al.

CIRCULATION RESEARCH (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Syrian hamsters as a small animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection and countermeasure development

Masaki Imai et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Complement and tissue factor-enriched neutrophil extracellular traps are key drivers in COVID-19 immunothrombosis

Panagiotis Skendros et al.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION (2020)

Article Immunology

SARS-CoV-2-triggered neutrophil extracellular traps mediate COVID-19 pathology

Flavio Protasio Veras et al.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

A mouse-adapted model of SARS-CoV-2 to test COVID-19 countermeasures

Kenneth H. Dinnon et al.

NATURE (2020)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Animal models for COVID-19

Cesar Munoz-Fontela et al.

NATURE (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients

Jan C. Holter et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

Review Physiology

The Expanding Cell Diversity of the Brain Vasculature

Jayden M. Ross et al.

FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY (2020)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

MicroCLOTS pathophysiology in coronavirus disease 2019

Samuele Renzi et al.

KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2020)

Article Cell Biology

Prothrombotic autoantibodies in serum from patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Yu Zuo et al.

SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE (2020)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Covid-19-Associated Coagulopathy: Biomarkers of Thrombin Generation and Fibrinolysis Leading the Outcome

Marco Ranucci et al.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (2020)

Article Hematology

COVID-19 hypothesis: Activated protein C for therapy of virus-induced pathologic thromboinflammation

John H. Griffin et al.

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2020)

Article Physiology

Attenuation of pulmonary ACE2 activity impairs inactivation of des-Arg(9) bradykinin/BKB1R axis and facilitates LPS-induced neutrophil infiltration

Chhinder P. Sodhi et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY (2018)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bifunctional ligands of the bradykinin B2 and B1 receptors: An exercise in peptide hormone plasticity

Francois Marceau et al.

PEPTIDES (2018)

Review Immunology

Neutrophil extracellular Traps in Pulmonary Diseases: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Barbara Nery Porto et al.

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY (2016)

Review Hematology

Reincarnation of ancient links between coagulation and complement

E. M. Conway

JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS (2015)

Review Immunology

Thrombosis as an intravascular effector of innate immunity

Bernd Engelmann et al.

NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY (2013)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 protects from severe acute lung failure

Y Imai et al.

NATURE (2005)