Comorbidities, multimorbidity and COVID-19

CD Russell, NI Lone, JK Baillie - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The influence of comorbidities on COVID-19 outcomes has been recognized since the
earliest days of the pandemic. But establishing causality and determining underlying …

Pathogenesis of respiratory viral and fungal coinfections

F Salazar, E Bignell, GD Brown, PC Cook… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Individuals suffering from severe viral respiratory tract infections have recently emerged as
“at risk” groups for developing invasive fungal infections. Influenza virus is one of the most …

Markers of immune activation and inflammation in individuals with postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

MJ Peluso, S Lu, AF Tang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The biological processes associated with postacute sequelae of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) are unknown. Methods …

Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

RECOVERY Collaborative Group, PW Horby… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background REGEN-COV is a combination of 2 monoclonal antibodies (casirivimab and
imdevimab) that bind to two different sites on the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV …

Immuno-proteomic profiling reveals aberrant immune cell regulation in the airways of individuals with ongoing post-COVID-19 respiratory disease

B Vijayakumar, K Boustani, PP Ogger, A Papadaki… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Some patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19 suffer respiratory symptoms that persist for
many months. We delineated the immune-proteomic landscape in the airways and …

[HTML][HTML] Colchicine in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

RECOVERY Collaborative Group - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Colchicine has been proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 based on its anti-
inflammatory actions. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective …

RA Evans, OC Leavy, M Richardson… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background No effective pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions exist for
patients with long COVID. We aimed to describe recovery 1 year after hospital discharge for …

Colchicine for community-treated patients with COVID-19 (COLCORONA): a phase 3, randomised, double-blinded, adaptive, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

JC Tardif, N Bouabdallaoui, PL L'allier… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence suggests a role for excessive inflammation in COVID-19
complications. Colchicine is an oral anti-inflammatory medication beneficial in gout …

Cerebral dysfunctions caused by sepsis during ageing

T Manabe, MT Heneka - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Systemic inflammation elicited by sepsis can induce an acute cerebral dysfunction known as
sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE). Recent evidence suggests that SAE is common …

Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19

A Kousathanas, E Pairo-Castineira, K Rawlik… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Critical COVID-19 is caused by immune-mediated inflammatory lung injury. Host genetic
variation influences the development of illness requiring critical care or hospitalization,–after …