ArticlemBio2022
Circulatory Exosomes from COVID-19 Patients Trigger NLRP3 Inflammasome in Endothelial Cells.
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- Integrative analyses of mendelian randomization and bioinformatics reveal casual relationship and genetic links between COVID-19 and knee osteoarthritis.BMC medical genomics · 2025Article
- Programmed cell death markers in COVID-19 survivors with and without sepsis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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- Circulating extracellular vesicles from severe COVID-19 patients induce lung inflammation.mSphere · 2024Article
- Extracellular Vesicles: The Invisible Heroes and Villains of COVID-19 Central Neuropathology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Emerging role of exosomes in ulcerative colitis: Targeting NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 inflammasome.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Review
- Exosomes and SARS-CoV-2 infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 review, Part 2: host extracellular to systemic effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2024Review
- Extracellular Vesicles and Their Role in Lung Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- NLRP3 inflammasome and interleukin-1 contributions to COVID-19-associated coagulopathy and immunothrombosis.Cardiovascular research · 2023Article
- A Review Study of the Participation of Late Domains in Sorting and Transport of Viral Factors to Exosomes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Proceedings of the Online Conference "Vaccines and Vaccination during and Post COVID Pandemics" (7-9 December 2022).Vaccines · 2023Article
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- Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: an overview of evidence, biomarkers, mechanisms and potential therapies.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2023Review
- Innate and Adaptive Immunity during SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Biomolecular Cellular Markers and Mechanisms.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Role of the extracellular matrix in COVID-19.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
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Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection induces inflammatory response, cytokine storm, venous thromboembolism, coagulopathy, and multiple organ damage. Resting endothelial cells prevent coagulation, control blood flow, and inhibit inflammation. However, it remains unknown how SARS-CoV-2 induces strong molecular signals in distant cells for immunopathogenesis. In this study, we examined the consequence of human endothelial cells, microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1), and liver endothelial cells (TMNK-1) to exosomes isolated from plasma of mild or severe COVID-19 patients. We observed a significant induction of NLRP3, caspase-1, and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) mRNA expression in endothelial cells following exposure to exosomes from severe COVID-19 patients compared with that from patients with mild disease or healthy donors. Activation of caspase-1 was noted in the endothelial cell culture medium following exposure to the COVID-19 exosomes. Furthermore, COVID-19 exosomes significantly induced mature IL-1β secretion in both HMEC-1 and TMNK-1 endothelial cell culture medium. Thus, our results demonstrated for the first time that exosomes from COVID-19 plasma trigger NLRP3 inflammasome in endothelial cells of distant organs resulting in IL-1β secretion and inflammatory response.
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