Severe COVID-19 May Lead to Long-Term Innate Immune System Changes

May 24, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Severe COVID-19 May Lead to Long-Term Innate Immune System Changes

NIH-Funded Research Links Alterations to Inflammatory Protein, Underscores Vaccine Importance August 18, 2023 Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against…[...]

October 18, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: an overview of evidence, biomarkers, mechanisms and potential therapies

Suo-wen Xu, Iqra Ilyas & Jian-ping Weng Acta Pharmacologica Sinica volume 44, pages695–709 (2023) Cite this article 17 October 2022 Abstract The fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection is still raging. However,…[...]

October 5, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

COVID-19 can trigger auto-immune disorders-related antibodies, causing thrombosis and other complications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 by Maria Fernanda Ziegler, FAPESP Medical Express The systems immunology approach identifies an aging effect on autoantibody levels of COVID-19 patients. Credit: npj Aging (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41514-023-00118-0 An article published in npj Aging reveals…[...]

October 4, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Detrimental effects of COVID-19 in the brain and therapeutic options for long COVID: The role of Epstein–Barr virus and the gut–brain axis

Kenji Hashimoto, Molecular Psychiatry (2023) Published: 04 July 2023 Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a serious public health…[...]

September 2, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Doxycycline, a widely used antibiotic in dermatology with a possible anti‐inflammatory action against IL‐6 in COVID‐19 outbreak

Claudio Conforti, 1 Roberta Giuffrida, 2 Iris Zalaudek, 1 and Nicola Di Meo 1 Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): e13437. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.1111/dth.13437 PMCID: PMC7235480PMID: 32314492 The recent SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, for which there is still no approved vaccine, required…[...]

March 25, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Consequences of COVID-19 for the Pancreas

Authors: Urszula Abramczyk,1,*Maciej Nowaczyński,2Adam Słomczyński,2Piotr Wojnicz,2Piotr Zatyka,2 and Aleksandra Kuzan1 Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan; 23(2): 864.Published online 2022 Jan 13. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020864 Abstract Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related major health consequences involve the…[...]

August 16, 2021 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Simple blood test can tell whether patients will suffer from ‘long COVID’

Authors: by Study Finds AUGUST 15, 2021 CAMBRIDGE, England — A simple blood test for long COVID is on the horizon. Biological “fingerprints” can identify individuals with the debilitating syndrome, according…[...]

August 13, 2021 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Multi-layered transcriptomic analyses reveal an immunological overlap between COVID-19 and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with disease severity

Authors: Lena F. Schimkea,5, Alexandre H.C. Marquesa, Gabriela Crispim Baiocchia, Caroline Aliane de Souza Pradob Dennyson Leandro M. Fonsecab , Paula Paccielli Freirea , Desirée Rodrigues Plaçab , Igor Salerno…[...]