The emerging threat of (micro) thrombosis in COVID-19 and its therapeutic implications

JD McFadyen, H Stevens, K Peter - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
and the ensuing global pandemic has presented a health emergency of unprecedented …

[HTML][HTML] Coagulopathy in COVID‐19

T Iba, JH Levy, M Levi, J Thachil - Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID‐19 pandemic has become an urgent issue in every country. Based on recent
reports, the most severely ill patients present with coagulopathy, and disseminated …

Tissue factor: an essential mediator of hemostasis and trigger of thrombosis

SP Grover, N Mackman - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Tissue factor (TF) is the high-affinity receptor and cofactor for factor (F) VII/VIIa. The TF-FVIIa
complex is the primary initiator of blood coagulation and plays an essential role in …

Melatonin potentials against viral infections including COVID-19: Current evidence and new findings

KB Juybari, MH Pourhanifeh, A Hosseinzadeh… - Virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
Viral infections are dangerous diseases for human health worldwide, which lead to
significant morbidity and mortality each year. Because of their importance and the lack of …

Reversion of advanced Ebola virus disease in nonhuman primates with ZMapp

X Qiu, G Wong, J Audet, A Bello, L Fernando… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Without an approved vaccine or treatments, Ebola outbreak management has been limited
to palliative care and barrier methods to prevent transmission. These approaches, however …

The pathogenesis of Ebola virus disease

L Baseler, DS Chertow, KM Johnson… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
For almost 50 years, ebolaviruses and related filoviruses have been repeatedly reemerging
across the vast equatorial belt of the African continent to cause epidemics of highly fatal …

Platelets and infection–an emerging role of platelets in viral infection

A Assinger - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Platelets are anucleate blood cells that play a crucial role in the maintenance of hemostasis.
While platelet activation and elevated platelet counts (thrombocytosis) are associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Successful treatment of advanced Ebola virus infection with T-705 (favipiravir) in a small animal model

L Oestereich, A Lüdtke, S Wurr, T Rieger… - Antiviral research, 2014 - Elsevier
Outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in sub-Saharan Africa are associated with case
fatality rates of up to 90%. Currently, neither a vaccine nor an effective antiviral treatment is …

Ebola haemorrhagic fever

H Feldmann, TW Geisbert - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Ebola viruses are the causative agents of a severe form of viral haemorrhagic fever in man,
designated Ebola haemorrhagic fever, and are endemic in regions of central Africa. The …

Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects

A Zumla, M Rao, RS Wallis, SHE Kaufmann… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Despite extensive global efforts in the fight against killer infectious diseases, they still cause
one in four deaths worldwide and are important causes of long-term functional disability …