Endotheliopathy Is Induced by Plasma From Critically Ill Patients and Associated With Organ Failure in Severe COVID-19

Circulation. 2020 Nov 10;142(19):1881-1884. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050907. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; cell death; endothelial cell; endotheliopathy; liver injury; renal failure; respiratory failure.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Cell Survival
  • Cell-Free Nucleic Acids / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Critical Illness
  • Endothelial Cells / cytology
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Microvessels / cytology
  • Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
  • Pandemics
  • Plasma / chemistry*
  • Plasma / metabolism
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Syndecan-1 / metabolism

Substances

  • Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
  • Interleukin-6
  • Syndecan-1