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Immunology
Aldo Bonaventura, Alessandra Vecchie, Lorenzo Dagna, Kimberly Martinod, Dave L. Dixon, Benjamin W. Van Tassell, Francesco Dentali, Fabrizio Montecucco, Steffen Massberg, Marcel Levi, Antonio Abbate
Summary: The authors suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a prothrombotic state and dysregulated immunothrombosis, leading to severe manifestations of COVID-19. They also discuss potential antithrombotic and immunomodulating drugs for treating COVID-19 patients, aiming to reduce the acute and long-term consequences of the disease by targeting immunothrombosis.
NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yeong-Bin Baek, Hyung-Jun Kwon, Muhammad Sharif, Jeongah Lim, In-Chul Lee, Young Bae Ryu, Jae-In Lee, Ji-Sun Kim, Young-Seung Lee, Dong-Hoon Kim, Sang-Ik Park, Don-Kyu Kim, Jeong-Sun Kim, Hyon E. Choy, Sunwoo Lee, Hueng-Sik Choi, Timothy F. Osborne, Tae-Il Jeon, Kyoung-Oh Cho
Summary: The activation of LD-associated lipase is linked to the breakdown of LDs during the late stage of RNA viral infections, providing a potential anti-viral target. Inhibiting LD-associated lipases can suppress viral replication and mitigate lung lesions caused by SARS-CoV-2 and IAV infections. Furthermore, lipase inhibitors can reduce proinflammatory cytokine levels, which are important for the severe infection or mortality in COVID-19 and IAV patients.
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lior Prozan, Eden Shusterman, Jacob Ablin, Alexis Mitelpunkt, Ahuva Weiss-Meilik, Amos Adler, Guy Choshen, Orli Kehat
Summary: NLR at admission is lower and has more prognostic value in COVID-19 patients when compared to Influenza and RSV. In COVID-19 group, high NLR above 6.82 was identified as a prognostic factor for poor clinical outcome.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Infectious Diseases
Wael Hafez, Mohamad Azzam Ziade, Arun Arya, Husam Saleh, Sara Ali, Srinivasa Raghu Rao, Osman Fdl Alla, Mohamed Ali, Mouhamad Al Zouhbi, Ahmed Abdelrahman
Summary: This study found that low ADAMTS13 activity is associated with the severity of COVID-19, pneumonia, mechanical ventilation rates, and the use of anticoagulants. However, it is not correlated with mortality. The study also proposes rADAMTS13 as a novel treatment for severe COVID-19.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
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Peripheral Vascular Disease
Vincent Zhang, Molly Fisher, Wei Hou, Lili Zhang, Tim Q. Duong
Summary: The incidence of new-onset persistent hypertension in patients with COVID-19 is higher than those with influenza, indicating a significant health burden associated with COVID-19.
Review
Virology
Yinuo Gu, Xu Zuo, Siyu Zhang, Zhuoer Ouyang, Shengyu Jiang, Fang Wang, Guoqiang Wang
Summary: Influenza viruses pose a serious threat to human health, and severe cases can lead to cytokine storms which exacerbate immune pathology. Factors such as sex, age, and obesity can contribute to differences in cytokine storms induced by the influenza virus.
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Veterinary Sciences
Shuchao Wang, Jingyuan Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Jinjin Yang, Lidong Wang, Yu Qi, Xun Han, Xintao Zhou, Faming Miao, Teng Chen, Ying Wang, Fei Zhang, Shoufeng Zhang, Rongliang Hu
Summary: African swine fever, caused by ASFV, is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs. The lack of effective vaccine development is largely due to gaps in knowledge regarding pathogenesis and immunology, specifically the role of cytokines in the host's immune response. Increased understanding of cytokine dynamics during ASFV infection could provide insights into developing potential therapeutic interventions.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yingxue Wang, Parul Sharma, Matthew Jefferson, Weijiao Zhang, Ben Bone, Anja Kipar, David Bitto, Janine L. Coombes, Timothy Pearson, Angela Man, Alex Zhekova, Yongping Bao, Ralph A. Tripp, Simon R. Carding, Yohei Yamauchi, Ulrike Mayer, Penny P. Powell, James P. Stewart, Thomas Wileman
Summary: The study demonstrates that non-canonical autophagy in airway epithelial cells is a novel innate defense mechanism that restricts influenza virus infection and reduces lethal inflammation.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Justin Y. Lu, Jack Wilson, Wei Hou, Roman Fleysher, Betsy C. Herold, Kevan C. Herold, Tim Q. Duong
Summary: This study compared the incidences and risk factors of new-onset persistent type-2 diabetes in COVID-19 patients to those in influenza patients. It was found that the incidence of type-2 diabetes was higher in COVID-19 patients compared to influenza patients. The risk of developing persistent type-2 diabetes was also higher in hospitalized COVID-19 patients compared to non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients and hospitalized influenza patients.
Review
Virology
Gloria Perez-Rubio, Marco Antonio Ponce-Gallegos, Bruno Andre Dominguez-Mazzocco, Jaime Ponce-Gallegos, Roman Alejandro Garcia-Ramirez, Ramces Falfan-Valencia
Summary: Research has shown that genetic susceptibility to Influenza A virus infection is influenced by multiple pathways, including innate immune response, complement activation, and variants in inflammatory response genes. Specific gene polymorphisms such as SNPs play key roles in host immune responses, affecting viral replication and host response, representing important factors in genetic susceptibility to IAV infection.
Editorial Material
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Hugh Rosen, Michael B. A. Oldstone
Summary: In this study, the researchers explored the association between S1P serum levels and the severity of COVID-19, proposing a new prognostic indicator.
EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
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Immunology
Chen-xi Zhang, Ye Tu, Xiao-chen Sun, Da-gui Chen, Wan-nian Zhang, Chun-lin Zhuang, Zhi-bin Wang, Li Su
Summary: Peramivir could reduce cytokine storm syndrome in macrophages of severe COVID-19 patients and alleviate acute lung injury in vivo, making it a potential candidate for the treatment of COVID-19 and other infections related to cytokine storm syndrome.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shaul Lev, Tamar Gottesman, Gal Sahaf Levin, Doron Lederfein, Evgeny Berkov, Dror Diker, Aliza Zaidman, Amir Nutman, Tahel Ilan Ber, Alon Angel, Lior Kellerman, Eran Barash, Roy Navon, Olga Boico, Yael Israeli, Michal Rosenberg, Amir Gelman, Roy Kalfon, Einav Simon, Noa Avni, Mary Hainrichson, Oren Zarchin, Tanya M. Gottlieb, Kfir Oved, Eran Eden, Boaz Tadmor
Summary: This single-center cohort study found that IP-10 levels correlated with COVID-19 severity and admission to the intensive care unit, and corticosteroid therapy significantly decreased IP-10 levels. Serial IP-10 measurements may serve as an actionable aid in managing inflammation and guiding therapeutic decisions in COVID-19 patients.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Ralph Wendt, Sven Kalbitz, Felix Otto, Tanja Falter, Joachim Beige, Heidi Rossmann, Bernhard Lammle
Summary: A 43-year-old Armenian patient was diagnosed with salmonella infection and thrombotic microangiopathy, which resolved after antibiotic treatment. Further diagnosis revealed congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, based on evidence of deficient ADAMTS13 activity and a rare complex ADAMTS13 allele. Plasma infusion was used to calculate the half-life of ADAMTS13 and investigate suspected smoldering TTP activity.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Varvara A. Ryabkova, Leonid P. Churilov, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Summary: The review suggests that lessons from immunomodulatory therapy of COVID-19 can be applied to severe influenza infection and future outbreaks of severe respiratory viral infections, including the choice of immunomodulatory drugs, patient selection, and timing of therapy.
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
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Immunology
Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kazuki Nakahara, Kouko Tatsumi, Hiroaki Okuda, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Ayami Isonishi, Akio Wanaka
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PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
(2016)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tatsuhide Tanaka, Koichi Murakami, Yoshio Bando, Taichi Nomura, Ayami Isonishi, Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kouko Tatsumi, Akio Wanaka, Shigetaka Yoshida
NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
(2017)
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Hematology
Yumi Yoshii, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Charles L. Bennett, Ayami Isonishi, Norio Kurumatani, Masanori Matsumoto
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takeaki Shinjo, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Hiroaki Okuda, Akira T. Kawaguchi, Kentaro Oh-hashi, Yuki Terada, Ayami Isonishi, Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kouko Tatsumi, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Akio Wanaka
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Anatomy & Morphology
Kouko Tatsumi, Ayami Isonishi, Miwako Yamasaki, Yoshie Kawabe, Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kazuki Nakahara, Yuki Terada, Takeaki Shinjo, Hiroaki Okuda, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Akio Wanaka
FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY
(2018)
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Neurosciences
Yuki Terada, Shoko Morita-Takemura, Ayami Isonishi, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Hiroshi Okuda, Kouko Tatsumi, Takeaki Shinjo, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Akio Wanaka
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2018)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kazuki Nakahara, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Hiroaki Okuda, Ayami Isonishi, Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kouko Tatsumi, Akio Wanaka
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Immunology
Shoko Morita-Takemura, Kazuki Nakahara, Sanae Hasegawa-Ishii, Ayami Isonishi, Kouko Tatsumi, Hiroaki Okuda, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Masahiro Kitabatake, Toshihiro Ito, Akio Wanaka
JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
(2019)
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Hematology
Nobuyuki Tsujii, Keiji Nogami, Masanori Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Yoshizawa, Toshio Takase, Ichiro Tanaka, Toshiyuki Sakai, Kazuyoshi Fukuda, Masaki Hayakawa, Kazuya Sakai, Ayami Isonishi, Kayoko Matsuura, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Midori Shima
THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
(2019)
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Neurosciences
Shoko Takemura, Mamoru Nagano, Ayami Isonishi, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Kouko Tatsumi, Mariko Yamano, Yoichi Minami, Yasufumi Shigeyoshi, Akio Wanaka
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2020)
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Anatomy & Morphology
Shoko Takemura, Ayami Isonishi, Tatsuhide Tanaka, Hiroaki Okuda, Kouko Tatsumi, Mariko Yamano, Akio Wanaka
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2020)
Editorial Material
Hematology
Saori Tanabe, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Bernhard Laemmle, Toshiyuki Kimura, Ayami Isonishi, Kazuya Sakai, Masanori Matsumoto
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
(2020)
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Hematology
Kazuya Sakai, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Yasuyuki Nagata, Satoshi Higasa, Masato Moriyama, Ayami Isonishi, Mutsuko Konno, Michiko Kajiwara, Yoshiyuki Ogawa, Shigehiko Kaburagi, Tomoko Hara, Koichi Kokame, Toshiyuki Miyata, Kinta Hatakeyama, Masanori Matsumoto
JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
(2020)
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Hematology
Yoko Yoshida, Masanori Matsumoto, Hideo Yagi, Ayami Isonishi, Kazuya Sakai, Masaki Hayakawa, Yuji Hori, Toshiyuki Sado, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Fujimura