Complement activation and endothelial perturbation parallel COVID-19 severity and activity

M Cugno, PL Meroni, R Gualtierotti, S Griffini… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Animal models and few clinical reports suggest the involvement of the
complement system in the onset of severe manifestations of coronavirus disease-2019 …

Complement activation in the disease course of coronavirus disease 2019 and its effects on clinical outcomes

AH de Nooijer, I Grondman… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Excessive activation of immune responses in coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) is considered to be related to disease severity, complications, and mortality rate …

Complement overactivation and consumption predicts in-hospital mortality in SARS-CoV-2 infection

G Sinkovits, B Mező, M Réti, V Müller, Z Iványi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Uncontrolled thromboinflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. Complement was implicated …

Increased complement activation is a distinctive feature of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Ma, SK Sahu, M Cano, V Kuppuswamy, J Bajwa… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Complement activation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of severe SARS-CoV-2
infection. However, it remains to be determined whether increased complement activation is …

Complement and coagulation: key triggers of COVID-19–induced multiorgan pathology

B Ghebrehiwet, EI Peerschke - The Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In a stunningly short period of time, the unexpected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV-2), has …

Multiple-organ complement deposition on vascular endothelium in COVID-19 patients

P Macor, P Durigutto, A Mangogna, R Bussani… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increased levels of circulating complement activation products have been reported in COVID-
19 patients, but only limited information is available on complement involvement at the …

Complement associated microvascular injury and thrombosis in the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19 infection: a report of five cases

C Magro, JJ Mulvey, D Berlin, G Nuovo… - Translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acute respiratory failure and a systemic coagulopathy are critical aspects of the morbidity
and mortality characterizing infection with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Decreased complement C3 levels are associated with poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study

S Fang, H Wang, L Lu, Y Jia, Z Xia - International immunopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the humoral immune feature of patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). Methods The levels of total immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA, and IgE) …

[HTML][HTML] Complement activation in COVID-19 and targeted therapeutic options: a scoping review

EHT Lim, RBE van Amstel, VV de Boer, LA van Vught… - Blood Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that activation of the complement system plays a key role in
the pathogenesis and disease severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We used a …

[HTML][HTML] Complement Activation via the Lectin and Alternative Pathway in Patients With Severe COVID-19

J Niederreiter, C Eck, T Ries, A Hartmann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Complement plays an important role in the direct defense to pathogens, but can also
activate immune cells and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. However, in critically ill …