COVID-19 and Therapeutic Apheresis

We describe here the rationale and the initial
attempts of TA treatment in severe cases of acute COVID-19. We next review the
evidence for the role of autoimmunity, microcirculatory changes and inflammation
in pathogenesis of Long/Post COVID and the rationale for targeting those
pathogenic processes by different methods of TA. Finally, we discuss the impact
of COVID-19 pandemic on patients, who undergo regular TA treatments due to their
underlying chronic conditions, with the specific focus on the patients with
inherited lipid diseases being treated at the Dresden University Apheresis
Center. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Hormone and Metabolic Research - August 9, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tselmin, Sergey Julius, Ulrich Jarzebska, Natalia Rodionov, RomanN. Tags: Review Source Type: research