Interplay between inflammation and thrombosis in cardiovascular pathology

K Stark, S Massberg - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
Thrombosis is the most feared complication of cardiovascular diseases and a main cause of
death worldwide, making it a major health-care challenge. Platelets and the coagulation …

Complement as a target in COVID-19?

AM Risitano, DC Mastellos, M Huber-Lang… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
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Human kidney is a target for novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

B Diao, C Wang, R Wang, Z Feng, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
It is unclear whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can
directly infect human kidney, thus leading to acute kidney injury (AKI). Here, we perform a …

[HTML][HTML] Microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive thromboinflammatory syndrome (MicroCLOTS): an atypical acute respiratory distress syndrome working …

F Ciceri, L Beretta, AM Scandroglio, S Colombo… - Critical care and …, 2020 - Elsevier
We suggest the use of MicroCLOTS (microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive
thromboinflammatory syndrome) as a new name for severe pulmonary coronavirus disease …

The first case of COVID-19 treated with the complement C3 inhibitor AMY-101

S Mastaglio, A Ruggeri, AM Risitano, P Angelillo… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating clinical manifestation of COVID-
19 pneumonia and is mainly based on an immune-driven pathology. Mounting evidence …

The case of complement activation in COVID-19 multiorgan impact

M Noris, A Benigni, G Remuzzi - Kidney international, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 originates in the lungs, but it may extend to other
organs, causing, in severe cases, multiorgan damage, including cardiac injury and acute …

Complement C3 vs C5 inhibition in severe COVID-19: Early clinical findings reveal differential biological efficacy

DC Mastellos, BGPP da Silva, BAL Fonseca… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Growing clinical evidence has implicated complement as a pivotal driver of COVID-19
immunopathology. Deregulated complement activation may fuel cytokine-driven hyper …

Aptamer‐PROTAC conjugates (APCs) for tumor‐specific targeting in breast cancer

S He, F Gao, J Ma, H Ma, G Dong… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) is emerging as a
promising strategy for targeted protein degradation. However, the drug development using …

[PDF][PDF] The complement system drives local inflammatory tissue priming by metabolic reprogramming of synovial fibroblasts

J Friščić, M Böttcher, C Reinwald, H Bruns, B Wirth… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Arthritis typically involves recurrence and progressive worsening at specific predilection
sites, but the checkpoints between remission and persistence remain unknown. Here, we …

Therapeutic targeting of the complement system: from rare diseases to pandemics

P Garred, AJ Tenner, TE Mollnes - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - ASPET
The complement system was discovered at the end of the 19th century as a heat-labile
plasma component that “complemented” the antibodies in killing microbes, hence the name …