Drug repurposing approach to fight COVID-19

TU Singh, S Parida, MC Lingaraju, M Kesavan… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Springer
Currently, there are no treatment options available for the deadly contagious disease,
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Drug repurposing is a process of identifying new …

Hypertension, thrombosis, kidney failure, and diabetes: is COVID-19 an endothelial disease? A comprehensive evaluation of clinical and basic evidence

C Sardu, J Gambardella, MB Morelli, X Wang… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The symptoms most commonly reported by patients affected by coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) include cough, fever, and shortness of breath. However, other major events usually …

COVID-19, renin-angiotensin system and endothelial dysfunction

R Amraei, N Rahimi - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The newly emergent novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, which is caused
by SARS-CoV-2 virus, has posed a serious threat to global public health and caused …

Influenza virus-related critical illness: pathophysiology and epidemiology

AC Kalil, PG Thomas - Critical care, 2019 - Springer
Influenza virus affects the respiratory tract by direct viral infection or by damage from the
immune system response. In humans, the respiratory epithelium is the only site where the …

Epidemiology and immune pathogenesis of viral sepsis

GL Lin, JP McGinley, SB Drysdale… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection. Sepsis can be caused by a broad range of pathogens; however, bacterial …

Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: lessons learned from coronaviruses

E Gavriilaki, P Anyfanti, M Gavriilaki, A Lazaridis… - Current hypertension …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review current literature on endothelial dysfunction with
previous coronaviruses, and present available data on the role of endothelial dysfunction in …

The effect of short-term hyperglycemia on the innate immune system

N Jafar, H Edriss, K Nugent - The American journal of the medical sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Diabetes mellitus increases the susceptibility to infection by altering both the
innate and the adaptive immune systems. Hyperglycemia has been associated with adverse …

Hiding in plain sight: an approach to treating patients with severe COVID-19 infection

DS Fedson, SM Opal, OM Rordam - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Patients with COVID-19 infection are at risk of acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS)
and death. The tissue receptor for COVID-19 is ACE2, and higher levels of ACE2 can protect …

Infection and risk of Parkinson's disease

RJ Smeyne, AJ Noyce, M Byrne… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and
environmental factors. Bacterial or viral infection has been proposed as a potential risk …

[PDF][PDF] Lipid-lowering therapy and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

N Katsiki, M Banach, D Mikhailidis - Archives of Medical Science, 2020 - termedia.pl
Lipid-lowering therapy and renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system inhibitors in the era of the
COVID-19 pandemic Page 1 Creative Commons licenses: This is an Open Access article …