The state of complement in COVID-19

B Afzali, M Noris, BN Lambrecht… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Hyperactivation of the complement and coagulation systems is recognized as part of the
clinical syndrome of COVID-19. Here we review systemic complement activation and local …

Immunity, endothelial injury and complement-induced coagulopathy in COVID-19

L Perico, A Benigni, F Casiraghi, LFP Ng… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was isolated from the respiratory epithelium of
patients with unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan, China. This pathogen, named severe acute …

Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients

JC Holter, SE Pischke, E de Boer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Respiratory failure in the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic is hypothesized to be driven by an overreacting innate immune response, where …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: historical, epidemiologic, and clinical features

DSC Hui, A Zumla - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Over the past 2 decades 2 previously unknown coronaviruses (CoVs), the severe acute
respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV …

Highly pathogenic coronavirus N protein aggravates lung injury by MASP-2-mediated complement over-activation

T Gao, M Hu, X Zhang, H Li, L Zhu, H Liu, Q Dong… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
An excessive immune response contributes to SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
pathogenesis and lethality, but the mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the N proteins …

COVID-19 pandemic: Insights into structure, function, and hACE2 receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2

A Mittal, K Manjunath, RK Ranjan, S Kaushik… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a newly emerging,
highly transmissible, and pathogenic coronavirus in humans that has caused global public …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Current pharmacological treatments for COVID‐19: What's next?

C Scavone, S Brusco, M Bertini… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since December 2019 SARS‐Cov‐2 was found responsible for the disease COVID‐19,
which has spread worldwide. No specific therapies/vaccines are yet available for the …

The role of host genetics in the immune response to SARS‐CoV‐2 and COVID‐19 susceptibility and severity

IG Ovsyannikova, IH Haralambieva… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a review of studies evaluating the role of host (and viral) genetics
(including variation in HLA genes) in the immune response to coronaviruses, as well as the …

Complement activation contributes to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pathogenesis

LE Gralinski, TP Sheahan, TE Morrison, VD Menachery… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is immune-driven pathologies that are
observed in severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) …