COVID-19, immunothrombosis and venous thromboembolism: biological mechanisms

J Loo, DA Spittle, M Newnham - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Thrombotic events that frequently occur in COVID-19 are predominantly venous
thromboemboli (VTE) and are associated with increasing disease severity and worse clinical …

Release mechanisms of major DAMPs

A Murao, M Aziz, H Wang, M Brenner, P Wang - Apoptosis, 2021 - Springer
Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are endogenous molecules which foment
inflammation and are associated with disorders in sepsis and cancer. Thus, therapeutically …

[HTML][HTML] NETosis and neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19: immunothrombosis and beyond

Y Zhu, X Chen, X Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, causes respiratory problems and multifaceted organ dysfunction. A crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil extracellular traps and extracellular histones potentiate IL-17 inflammation in periodontitis

TS Kim, LM Silva, VI Theofilou… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Neutrophil infiltration is a hallmark of periodontitis, a prevalent oral inflammatory condition in
which Th17-driven mucosal inflammation leads to destruction of tooth-supporting bone …

Disease severity-specific neutrophil signatures in blood transcriptomes stratify COVID-19 patients

AC Aschenbrenner, M Mouktaroudi, B Krämer… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is currently leading to increasing numbers
of COVID-19 patients all over the world. Clinical presentations range from asymptomatic …

Molecular mechanisms of mtDNA-mediated inflammation

A De Gaetano, K Solodka, G Zanini, V Selleri… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Besides their role in cell metabolism, mitochondria display many other functions.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the own genome of the organelle, plays an important role in …

Neutrophil extracellular traps in the pathology of cancer and other inflammatory diseases

M Herre, J Cedervall, N Mackman… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation, first described in 2004 as a previously
unknown strategy of neutrophils to fight microbes, has attracted an increasing interest in the …

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and damage‐associated molecular patterns (DAMPs): two potential targets for COVID‐19 treatment

S Cicco, G Cicco, V Racanelli… - Mediators of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 is a pandemic disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 that mostly
affects the respiratory system. The consequent inflammation is not able to clear viruses. The …

The role of neutrophil extracellular traps in acute lung injury

D Scozzi, F Liao, AS Krupnick, D Kreisel… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a heterogeneous inflammatory condition associated with high
morbidity and mortality. Neutrophils play a key role in the development of different forms of …

Hemoperfusion in the intensive care unit

Z Ricci, S Romagnoli, T Reis, R Bellomo… - Intensive care medicine, 2022 - Springer
Multiple organ failure following a septic event derives from immune dysregulation. Many of
the mediators of this process are humoral factors (cytokines), which could theoretically be …