Vascular occlusion by neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19
Coronavirus induced disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be complicated by severe organ damage leading to dysfunction of the lungs and other organs. The processes that trigger organ damage in COVID-19 are incompletely understood. Samples were donated from hospitalized patients. Sera, plasma, and autopsy-deri...
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| Vydáno v: | EBioMedicine Ročník 58; s. 102925 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01.08.2020
Elsevier |
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| ISSN: | 2352-3964, 2352-3964 |
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| Shrnutí: | Coronavirus induced disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be complicated by severe organ damage leading to dysfunction of the lungs and other organs. The processes that trigger organ damage in COVID-19 are incompletely understood.
Samples were donated from hospitalized patients. Sera, plasma, and autopsy-derived tissue sections were examined employing flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, and immunohistochemistry.
Here, we show that severe COVID-19 is characterized by a highly pronounced formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) inside the micro-vessels. Intravascular aggregation of NETs leads to rapid occlusion of the affected vessels, disturbed microcirculation, and organ damage. In severe COVID-19, neutrophil granulocytes are strongly activated and adopt a so-called low-density phenotype, prone to spontaneously form NETs. In accordance, markers indicating NET turnover are consistently increased in COVID-19 and linked to disease severity. Histopathology of the lungs and other organs from COVID-19 patients showed congestions of numerous micro-vessels by aggregated NETs associated with endothelial damage.
These data suggest that organ dysfunction in severe COVID-19 is associated with excessive NET formation and vascular damage.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), EU, Volkswagen-Stiftung |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ML and JK equally contributed |
| ISSN: | 2352-3964 2352-3964 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102925 |