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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Commonalities Between ARDS, Pulmonary Fibrosis and COVID-19: The Potential of Autotaxin as a Therapeutic Target.

Konstantinos Ntatsoulis, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Eliza Tsitoura, Elli-Anna Stylianaki, Alexios N Matralis, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Katerina Antoniou, Vassilis Aidinis

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Konstantinos NtatsoulisInstitute of Bio-Innovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece.
Theodoros KarampitsakosDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Eliza TsitouraLaboratory of Molecular & Cellular Pneumonology, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Elli-Anna StylianakiInstitute of Bio-Innovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece.
Alexios N MatralisInstitute of Bio-Innovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece.
Argyrios TzouvelekisDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Katerina AntoniouLaboratory of Molecular & Cellular Pneumonology, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Vassilis AidinisInstitute of Bio-Innovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece.
Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center · GRUniversity of Crete · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe COVID-19 is characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-like hyperinflammation and endothelial dysfunction, that can lead to respiratory and multi organ failure and death. Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and pulmonary fibrosis confer an increased risk for severe disease, while a subset of COVID-19-related ARDS surviving patients will develop a fibroproliferative response that can persist post hospitalization. Autotaxin (ATX) is a secreted lysophospholipase D, largely responsible for the extracellular production of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a pleiotropic signaling lysophospholipid with multiple effects in pulmonary and immune cells. In this review, we discuss the similarities of COVID-19, ARDS and ILDs, and suggest ATX as a possible pathologic link and a potential common therapeutic target.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsCOVID-19DexamethasoneHumansLungLysophospholipase DLysophospholipidsPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesPulmonary FibrosisRespiratory Distress SyndromeSARS-CoV-2Signal TransductionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDexamethasonelysophosphatidic acidLysophospholipase DLysophospholipidsPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesARDSAutotaxinCOVID-19lysophosphatidic acidpulmonary fibrosis

Identifiers

PMID34671341
PMCPMC8522582
OpenAlexW3202057302

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