Pathogenic lipid-binding antiphospholipid antibodies are associated with severity of COVID-19

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 patients rapidly expand B1a cells secreting pathogenic lipid-binding aPL with broad thrombotic and inflammatory effects. The association with markers of inflammation and coagulation, clinical severity and mortality suggests a causal role of aPL in COVID-19 associated coagulopathy.PMID:34242469 | DOI:10.1111/jth.15455

Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - July 9, 2021 Category: Hematology Authors: Anne Hollerbach Nadine M üller-Calleja Denise Pedrosa Antje Canisius Martin F Sprinzl Tanja Falter Heidi Rossmann Marc Bodenstein Christian Werner Ingo Sagoschen Thomas M ünzel Oliver Schreiner Visvakanth Sivanathan Michael Reuter Johannes Niermann Pete Source Type: research