Coronavirus infections and immune responses

G Li, Y Fan, Y Lai, T Han, Z Li, P Zhou… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are by far the largest group of known positive‐sense RNA viruses
having an extensive range of natural hosts. In the past few decades, newly evolved …

[HTML][HTML] The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 immunopathology–Current perspectives

JL Boechat, I Chora, A Morais, L Delgado - Pulmonology, 2021 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is a new beta coronavirus, similar to SARS-CoV-1, that emerged at the end of
2019 in the Hubei province of China. It is responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Association of COVID-19 inflammation with activation of the C5a–C5aR1 axis

J Carvelli, O Demaria, F Vély, L Batista… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by infection with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has resulted in a pandemic …

Highly pathogenic coronavirus N protein aggravates lung injury by MASP-2-mediated complement over-activation

T Gao, M Hu, X Zhang, H Li, L Zhu, H Liu, Q Dong… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
An excessive immune response contributes to SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
pathogenesis and lethality, but the mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the N proteins …

[HTML][HTML] The case of complement activation in COVID-19 multiorgan impact

M Noris, A Benigni, G Remuzzi - Kidney international, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 originates in the lungs, but it may extend to other
organs, causing, in severe cases, multiorgan damage, including cardiac injury and acute …

Complement activation contributes to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pathogenesis

LE Gralinski, TP Sheahan, TE Morrison, VD Menachery… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is immune-driven pathologies that are
observed in severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) …

SARS-CoV-2 drives JAK1/2-dependent local complement hyperactivation

B Yan, T Freiwald, D Chauss, L Wang, E West… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present a wide range of acute clinical
manifestations affecting the lungs, liver, kidneys, and gut. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 …

Sepsis and septic shock

RS Hotchkiss, LL Moldawer, SM Opal… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
For more than two decades, sepsis was defined as a microbial infection that produces fever
(or hypothermia), tachycardia, tachypnoea and blood leukocyte changes. Sepsis is now …

Highly pathogenic coronavirus N protein aggravates inflammation by MASP-2-mediated lectin complement pathway overactivation

T Gao, L Zhu, H Liu, X Zhang, T Wang, Y Fu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Excessive inflammatory responses contribute to the pathogenesis and lethality of highly
pathogenic human coronaviruses, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this …

Eculizumab as an emergency treatment for adult patients with severe COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a proof-of-concept study

D Annane, N Heming, L Grimaldi-Bensouda… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Complement pathway inhibition may provide benefit for severe acute
respiratory illnesses caused by viral infections such as COVID-19. We present results from a …