导致SARS-CoV-2肝脏热症的宿主决定因素和反应
Natalie Heinen1, Mara Klöhn1, Saskia Westhoven2
1Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Current opinion in microbiology
|March 24, 2024
概括
冠状病毒疾病2019 (COVID-19) 可以导致肝脏损伤. 本综述探讨了严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2) 如何感染肝细胞,从而导致患者的肝功能障碍.
科学领域:
- 肝病学和病毒学.
- 分子和细胞生物学分子和细胞生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 在2019年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 中,肝脏连续病是常见的,并且与疾病严重程度的增加相关.
- 了解肝损伤的宿主因素对于管理COVID-19患者至关重要.
- 肝损伤的原因超出了药物毒性和炎症的范围,建议直接病毒参与.
研究的目的:
- 探索导致COVID-19肝功能障碍的宿主因素.
- 审查严重急性呼吸道综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2) 感染肝细胞的证据.
- 阐明感染诱导的细胞过程影响肝功能.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的科学文献和研究.
- 对肝脏尸检中SARS-CoV-2存在的报告进行分析.
- 检查人类肝细胞对SARS-CoV-2感染的敏感性.
主要成果:
- 肝细胞表达了许多促进SARS-CoV-2进入的因素.
- 有证据支持SARS-CoV-2直接感染各种肝细胞类型.
- 感染触发了细胞内在的过程,导致肝损伤.
结论:
- SARS-CoV-2 直接感染肝细胞,导致COVID-19相关的肝功能障碍.
- 了解病毒-肝细胞相互作用是COVID-19临床管理的关键.
- 对病毒性肝炎的细胞机制进行进一步研究是有必要的.
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