Embracing Imatinib: a novel approach to safeguarding the endothelial barrier in patients with COVID-19

CS Kow, DS Ramachandram, SS Hasan - Angiogenesis, 2023 - Springer
Imatinib, an ABL tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, shows promise in restoring endothelial barrier
function in patients with COVID-19, thus, preventing cytokine leakage from the alveolar …

Reply to “Embracing imatinib: a novel approach to safeguarding the endothelial barrier in patients with COVID-19”

X Wu, J Shi - Angiogenesis, 2023 - Springer
We would like to thank the interest of Kow et al. in our study. In the letter, they expressed
their skepticism that therapeutic dose anticoagulation therapy can reduce mortality in …

Imatinib a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor: a potential treatment for SARS-COV-2 induced pneumonia

HS Assaad, S Assaad-Khalil - Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2020 - ajol.info
Introduction: As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads worldwide, awaiting the
development of a vaccine, researchers are looking among the arsenal of available drugs, for …

The INVENT COVID trial: a structured protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy and safety of intravenous imatinib mesylate (Impentri®) in …

L Atmowihardjo, JR Schippers, IH Bartelink, PM Bet… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a disruptive
increase in the number of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions with acute respiratory …

COVID-19-driven endothelial damage: complement, HIF-1, and ABL2 are potential pathways of damage and targets for cure

M Marchetti - Annals of hematology, 2020 - Springer
COVID-19 pandemia is a major health emergency causing hundreds of deaths worldwide.
The high reported morbidity has been related to hypoxia and inflammation leading to …

Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: an overview of evidence, biomarkers, mechanisms and potential therapies

S Xu, I Ilyas, J Weng - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2023 - nature.com
The fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection is
still raging. However, the pathophysiology of acute and post-acute manifestations of COVID …

Immunomodulation and endothelial barrier protection mediate the association between oral imatinib and mortality in hospitalised COVID-19 patients

J de Brabander, E Duijvelaar… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Imatinib reduced 90-day mortality in hospitalised coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) patients in a recent clinical trial, but the biological effects that cause improved …

Targeting the Vascular Endothelium in the Treatment of COVID-19

T Suvorava, W Kaesemeyer - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The involvement of the vascular endothelium in the complications of coronavirus disease
2019 is now recognized. Chief among these are pulmonary endotheliitis, cytokine storm …

[PDF][PDF] Pharmacological protection of vascular endothelium in acute COVID-19.

K Bednarz, A Borek, F Drzymala, K Rachwal… - Journal of Physiology …, 2022 - jpp.krakow.pl
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an urgent need to find
effective treatment. It is widely known that virus attacks and damages mostly the lungs, but …

Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: a unifying mechanism and a potential therapeutic target

P Ambrosino, IL Calcaterra, M Mosella, R Formisano… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) generated a
worldwide emergency, until the declaration of the pandemic in March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 …