COVID-19–Associated Endothelial Dysfunction and Microvascular Injury: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Manifestations

Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) affects more people than previous coronavirus infections and has a higher mortality. Higher incidence and mortality can probably be explained by COVID-19 causative agent’s greater affinity (about 10–20 times) for angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor compa...

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Autores principales: Canale, Maria Paola, Menghini, Rossella, Martelli, Eugenio, Federici, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35221082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2021.10.003
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Sumario:Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) affects more people than previous coronavirus infections and has a higher mortality. Higher incidence and mortality can probably be explained by COVID-19 causative agent’s greater affinity (about 10–20 times) for angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor compared with other coronaviruses. Here, the authors first summarize clinical manifestations, then present symptoms of COVID-19 and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying specific organ/system disease. The worse clinical outcome observed in COVID-19 patients with diabetes may be in part related to the increased ADAM17 activity and its unbalanced interplay with ACE2. Therefore, strategies aimed to inhibit ADAM17 activity may be explored to develop new effective therapeutic approaches.

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