Persistent Vascular Complications in Long COVID: The Role of ACE2 Deactivation, Microclots, and Uniform Fibrosis

CM Sideratou, C Papaneophytou - Infectious Disease Reports, 2024 - mdpi.com
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a key regulator in vasoregulation and the renin–
angiotensin system, is hypothesized to be downregulated in patients with COVID-19 …

Endothelial dysfunction and COVID‑19

J Daher - Biomedical Reports, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
It is hypothesized that several comorbidities increase the severity of COVID‑19 symptoms.
Cardiovascular disease including hypertension was shown to play a critical role in the …

COVID-19 is a systemic vascular hemopathy: insight for mechanistic and clinical aspects

DM Smadja, SJ Mentzer, M Fontenay, MA Laffan… - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is presenting as a systemic disease associated with …

ACE2, COVID-19 infection, inflammation, and coagulopathy: missing pieces in the puzzle

Z Abassi, AAR Higazi, S Kinaneh, Z Armaly… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Engulfed by the grave consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, a better understanding of the unique pattern of viral invasion and virulence is of …

SARS-CoV-2 induced vascular endothelial dysfunction: direct or indirect effects?

KO Lui, Z Ma, S Dimmeler - Cardiovascular Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Clinical evidence reveals that manifestations of endothelial dysfunction are widely observed
in COVID-19 and long-COVID patients. However, whether these detrimental effects are …

Endothelial dysfunction in SARS-CoV-2 infection

F Nappi, SS Avtaar Singh - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the hallmarks of the SARS-CoV-2 infection has been the inflammatory process that
played a role in its pathogenesis, resulting in mortality within susceptible individuals. This …

Overcoming barriers: the endothelium as a linchpin of coronavirus disease 2019 pathogenesis?

D Gustafson, S Raju, R Wu, C Ching… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic involving> 5 500
000 cases worldwide as of May 26, 2020. The culprit is the severe acute respiratory …

Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: potential mechanisms and possible therapeutic options

MC Pelle, I Zaffina, S Lucà, V Forte, V Trapanese… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus found in Wuhan (China) at the end of 2019, is the
etiological agent of the current pandemic that is a heterogeneous disease, named …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 reinfection: adding insult to dysfunctional endothelium in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

PT Kovanen, A Vuorio - Atherosclerosis Plus, 2023 - Elsevier
In this short narrative review, we aim at defining the pathophysiological role endothelial
dysfunction in the observed COVID-19–associated rise in risk of cardiovascular disease …

From angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 disruption to thromboinflammatory microvascular disease: a paradigm drawn from COVID-19

R Vinci, D Pedicino, F Andreotti, G Russo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We concisely review clinical, autopsy, experimental and molecular data of 2019 coronavirus
disease (COVID-19). Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 disruption and thromboinflammatory …