Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: understanding and addressing the burden of multisystem manifestations

M Parotto, M Gyöngyösi, K Howe, SN Myatra… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection can develop symptoms that persist well beyond the
acute phase of COVID-19 or emerge after the acute phase, lasting for weeks or months after …

Simvastatin in critically ill patients with Covid-19

REMAP-CAP Investigators - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The efficacy of simvastatin in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) is unclear. Methods In an ongoing international, multifactorial, adaptive platform …

ACE2-dependent and-independent SARS-CoV-2 entries dictate viral replication and inflammatory response during infection

T Duan, C **ng, J Chu, X Deng, Y Du, X Liu, Y Hu… - Nature cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Excessive inflammation is the primary cause of mortality in patients with severe COVID-19,
yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Our study reveals that ACE2 …

New clinical trial design in precision medicine: discovery, development and direction

XP Duan, BD Qin, XD Jiao, K Liu, Z Wang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
In the era of precision medicine, it has been increasingly recognized that individuals with a
certain disease are complex and different from each other. Due to the underestimation of the …

Clinical course and management of COVID-19 in the era of widespread population immunity

EA Meyerowitz, J Scott, A Richterman, V Male… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The clinical implications of COVID-19 have changed since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in
humans. The current high levels of population immunity, due to prior infection and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics

MJ Peluso, SG Deeks - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Long COVID, a type of post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)(PASC) defined by medically unexplained symptoms following …

Damage to endothelial barriers and its contribution to long COVID

X Wu, M **ang, H **g, C Wang, VA Novakovic, J Shi - Angiogenesis, 2024 - Springer
The world continues to contend with COVID-19, fueled by the emergence of viral variants. At
the same time, a subset of convalescent individuals continues to experience persistent and …

Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support–free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: a …

S Florescu, D Stanciu, M Zaharia, A Kosa, D Codreanu… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor
clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Objective To determine whether angiotensin …

[HTML][HTML] Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle infusion for the treatment of respiratory failure from COVID-19: a randomized, placebo …

AL Lightner, V Sengupta, S Qian, JT Ransom, S Suzuki… - Chest, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BM-MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles
(ExoFlo) convey the immunomodulatory and regenerative properties of intact BM-MSCs …