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

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a clinical syndrome caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients with severe disease show hyperactivation of the immune system, which can affect multiple organs besides the lungs. Here, we propose that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a process known as immunothrombosis, in which activated neutrophils and monocytes interact with platelets and the coagulation cascade, leading to intravascular clot formation in small and larger vessels. Microthrombotic complications may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other organ dysfunctions. Therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing immunothrombosis may therefore be useful. Several antithrombotic and immunomodulating drugs have been proposed as candidates to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The growing understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection pathogenesis and how it contributes to critical illness and its complications may help to improve risk stratification and develop targeted therapies to reduce the acute and long-term consequences of this disease.

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CommentIn: Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Mar;17(2):593-596. - PMID 34677789

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Nature reviews. Immunology - 21(2021), 5 vom: 06. Mai, Seite 319-329

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bonaventura, Aldo [VerfasserIn]
Vecchié, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Dagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Martinod, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Dave L [VerfasserIn]
Van Tassell, Benjamin W [VerfasserIn]
Dentali, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Montecucco, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Massberg, Steffen [VerfasserIn]
Levi, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Abbate, Antonio [VerfasserIn]

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Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Date Completed 19.05.2021

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Mar;17(2):593-596. - PMID 34677789

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41577-021-00536-9

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NLM32379789X