COVID-19 and myositis: what we know so far

A Saud, R Naveen, R Aggarwal, L Gupta - Current rheumatology reports, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Myositis as a rare manifestation of COVID-19 is only recently being reported. This
review examines the current literature on COVID-19-induced myositis focusing on …

SARS-CoV-2 triggering autoimmune diseases

L Mobasheri, MH Nasirpour, E Masoumi… - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
Autoimmunity, hyperstimulation of the immune system, can be caused by a variety of
reasons. Viruses are thought to be important environmental elements that contribute to the …

[HTML][HTML] Do COVID-19 RNA-based vaccines put at risk of immune-mediated diseases? In reply to “potential antigenic cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 and …

R Talotta - Clinical Immunology (Orlando, Fla.), 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I read with great interest the article by Vojdani et al.[1], concerning the hypothesis of a
molecular mimicry mechanism between the nucleoprotein/spike protein of Severe Acute …

Experience in multiple sclerosis patients with COVID-19 and disease-modifying therapies: a review of 873 published cases

N Möhn, FF Konen, R Pul, C Kleinschnitz… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is a
challenge for all participants in the healthcare system. At the beginning of the pandemic …

COVID-19 vaccine-associated myositis: a comprehensive review of the literature driven by a case report

V Syrmou, C Liaskos, N Ntavari, K Mitsimponas… - Immunologic …, 2023 - Springer
Several cases of vaccine-associated manifestations have been published including cases of
inflammatory myositis. Herein, we comprehensively review the literature on the occasion of …

COVID‐19: A trigger of autoimmune diseases

A Zebardast, A Hasanzadeh… - Cell biology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The SARS‐coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID‐19), has spread worldwide and caused a global health emergency. SARS‐CoV‐2 …

Impaired VEGF-A-mediated neurovascular crosstalk induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: a potential hypothesis explaining long COVID-19 symptoms and COVID …

R Talotta - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Long coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a newly discovered syndrome characterized by
multiple organ manifestations that persist for weeks to months, following the recovery from …

Lipid rafts as viral entry routes and immune platforms: A double-edged sword in SARS-CoV-2 infection?

R Roncato, J Angelini, A Pani, R Talotta - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lipid rafts are nanoscopic compartments of cell membranes that serve a variety of biological
functions. They play a crucial role in viral infections, as enveloped viruses such as severe …

Post COVID-19 infection neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD): A case report-based systematic review

O Mirmosayyeb, EM Ghaffary, S Bagherieh… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: One of the rare neuroinflammatory disorders is Neuromyelitis optica spectrum
disorder (NMOSD) which involves the central nervous system (CNS), and develops by …

Lymphopenia, lymphopenia-induced proliferation, and autoimmunity

TT Sheu, BL Chiang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Immune homeostasis is a tightly regulated system that is critical for defense against invasion
by foreign pathogens and protection from self-reactivity for the survival of an individual. How …