Methotrexate as a safe immunosuppressive agent during the COVID-19 pandemic

Z Ganjei, HF Dana, S Ebrahimi-Dehkordi… - International …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, immunocompromised patients are at
a higher risk of severe infection, since the immune system has an important role in defeating …

Are there any association between COVID-19 severity and immunosuppressive therapy?

A Hormati, MR Ghadir, F Zamani, J Khodadadi… - Immunology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The novel coronavirus, formerly called SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2), is a health threating disease that has so far spread from China to all around …

Immune dysfunction in COVID-19 and judicious use of antirheumatic drugs for thetreatment of hyperinflammation

A Tufan, M Matucci-Cerinic - Turkish Journal of Medical …, 2021 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
In the Wuhan province of China, almost two years ago, in December 2019, the novel
Coronavirus 2019 has caused a severe involvement of the lower respiratory tract leading to …

[HTML][HTML] The rheumatology drugs for COVID-19 management: which and when?

F Atzeni, IF Masala, J Rodríguez-Carrio… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: While waiting for the development of specific antiviral therapies and vaccines to
effectively neutralize the SARS-CoV2, a relevant therapeutic strategy is to counteract the …

[HTML][HTML] Similar incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with rheumatic diseases with and without hydroxychloroquine therapy

J Macías, P González-Moreno, E Sánchez-García… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Hydroxychloroquine is not efficacious as post-exposure prophylaxis against
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is not known whether as pre-exposure prophylaxis …

[HTML][HTML] Case report: a patient with COVID-19 under myelosuppression induced by chemotherapy

Y Otsuka, T Kobayashi - … Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
COVID-19 has now spread globally, and 10–20% of the cases are thought to proceed to a
severe condition. However, information on COVID-19 in immunodeficient patients remains …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus disease-19 and rheumatological disorders: A narrative review

A Chattopadhyay, D Mishra, V Sharma… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The global spread of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, which originated from Wuhan, China, is likely to have …

Effect of treatment regimen of the rheumatoid arthritis patients on the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 by modulating the inflammatory mediators

Z Bagheri‑Hosseinabadi, A Dehghani, MA Lotfi… - …, 2023 - Springer
Background The therapeutic profile of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly
consists of immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory compounds. Here in this research, we …

Severe COVID-19 in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases: A stratified analysis from the SORCOM multicentre registry

A Boteanu, L Leon, S Pérez Esteban… - Modern …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The aim of this study is to evaluate risk factors for severe coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases, stratified by …

The clinical course and its correlated immune status in COVID-19 pneumonia

R He, Z Lu, L Zhang, T Fan, R Xiong, X Shen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore the clinical course and its dynamic features of immune status in
COVID-19 patients and find predictors correlated with severity and prognosis of COVID-19 …