[HTML][HTML] Mast cell activation symptoms are prevalent in Long-COVID

LB Weinstock, JB Brook, AS Walters, A Goris… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Hyper-inflammation caused by COVID-19 may be mediated by mast cell
activation (MCA) which has also been hypothesized to cause Long-COVID (LC) symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Covid-19 hyperinflammation and post-Covid-19 illness may be rooted in mast cell activation syndrome

LB Afrin, LB Weinstock, GJ Molderings - International journal of infectious …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives One-fifth of Covid-19 patients suffer a severe course of Covid-19
infection; however, the specific causes remain unclear. Mast cells (MCs) are activated by …

[HTML][HTML] Mast cell activation in lungs during SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with lung pathology and severe COVID-19

JYJ Tan, DE Anderson, APS Rathore… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Lung inflammation is a hallmark of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients who
are severely ill, and the pathophysiology of disease is thought to be immune mediated. Mast …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of Post-COVID syndromes: a new perspective

GES Batiha, HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, NN Welson - Virology Journal, 2022 - Springer
Most COVID-19 patients recovered with low mortality; however, some patients experienced
long-term symptoms described as “long-COVID” or “Post-COVID syndrome”(PCS). Patients …

Severe COVID-19 is marked by dysregulated serum levels of carboxypeptidase A3 and serotonin

R Soria-Castro, YG Meneses-Preza… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The immune response plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection
ranging from protection to tissue damage and all occur in the development of acute …

[HTML][HTML] Mast cell and eosinophil activation are associated with COVID-19 and TLR-mediated viral inflammation: implications for an anti-Siglec-8 antibody

S Gebremeskel, J Schanin, KM Coyle… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection represents a
global health crisis. Immune cell activation via pattern recognition receptors has been …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine storm syndrome in SARS-CoV-2 infections: a functional role of mast cells

B Hafezi, L Chan, JP Knapp, N Karimi, K Alizadeh… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cytokine storm syndrome is a cascade of escalated immune responses disposing the
immune system to exhaustion, which might ultimately result in organ failure and fatal …

[HTML][HTML] Basophils and mast cells in COVID-19 pathogenesis

G Murdaca, M Di Gioacchino, M Greco, M Borro… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Basophils and mast cells are among the principal inducers of Th2 responses and have a
crucial role in allergic and anti-parasitic protective immunity. Basophils can function as …

[HTML][HTML] Mast cells in alveolar septa of COVID-19 patients: a pathogenic pathway that may link interstitial edema to immunothrombosis

JS Motta Junior, AFRS Miggiolaro… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It is currently believed that innate immunity is unable to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2
from the upper airways to the alveoli of high-risk groups of patients. SARS-CoV-2 replication …

[HTML][HTML] Potential association of mast cells with coronavirus disease 2019

TC Theoharides - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interestingly, children seem to have milder symptoms than adults associated with COVID-19.
Furthermore, the incidence of allergy or asthma in children infected with COVID-19 seems to …