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ReviewCell death and differentiation2022

Long Covid: where we stand and challenges ahead.

Alberto Mantovani, Maria Concetta Morrone, Carlo Patrono, M Gabriella Santoro, Stefano Schiaffino, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Giovanni Bussolati, Covid-19 Commission of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. The Association of Long COVID and CKD: Findings from the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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  16. Prevalence and associations of insomnia after COVID-19 infection.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  19. Immune aging and infectious diseases.Chinese medical journal · 2024
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alberto MantovaniIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. alberto.mantovani@humanitasresearch.it.ORCID 0000-0001-5578-236X
Maria Concetta MorroneScientific Institute Stella Maris (IRCSS), Pisa, Italy.
Carlo PatronoInstitute of Pharmacology, Catholic University School of Medicine, and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
M Gabriella SantoroDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Stefano SchiaffinoVenetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Giuseppe RemuzziIRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Giovanni BussolatiAccademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy. gianni.bussolati@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2175-5069
Covid-19 Commission of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), also known as Post-Covid Syndrome, and colloquially as Long Covid, has been defined as a constellation of signs and symptoms which persist for weeks or months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection. PASC affects a wide range of diverse organs and systems, with manifestations involving lungs, brain, the cardiovascular system and other organs such as kidney and the neuromuscular system. The pathogenesis of PASC is complex and multifactorial. Evidence suggests that seeding and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in different organs, reactivation, and response to unrelated viruses such as EBV, autoimmunity, and uncontrolled inflammation are major drivers of PASC. The relative importance of pathogenetic pathways may differ in different tissue and organ contexts. Evidence suggests that vaccination, in addition to protecting against disease, reduces PASC after breakthrough infection although its actual impact remains to be defined. PASC represents a formidable challenge for health care systems and dissecting pathogenetic mechanisms may pave the way to targeted preventive and therapeutic approaches.

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COVID-19HumansLungPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2Vaccination

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PMID36071155
PMCPMC9449925

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