从多角度分析SARS-CoV-2和SARS冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)差异

新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)在全球范围内持续肆虐,感染人数与日俱增.COVID-19的病毒SARS-CoV-2与2003年发生的严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒(SARS coronavirus,SARS-CoV)同属冠状病毒.本研究就COVID-19与SARS冠状病毒的差异以及两种冠状病毒的中间宿主进行分析和探...     

间充质干细胞在新型冠状病毒肺炎治疗中的研究现状

新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)由新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)导致,可发生严重肺部损伤甚至死亡,目前为止仍在全球范围内广泛蔓延。SARS-CoV-2感染依赖于血管紧张素转换酶2(ACE2)和Ⅱ型跨膜丝氨酸蛋白酶,可导致机体免疫紊乱,促发炎症风暴从而损伤靶器官。COVID-19目前尚无特效药物,间充质干细胞(MSCs)具有组织修复和免疫调节等功能,而且在流感病毒相关性肺炎及其他肺疾病中有一定疗效,因此可能是治疗COVID-19潜在有效药物。目前部分研究也显示出积极的治疗效果,而具体的疗效仍需进一步的临床研究来验证。     

新型冠状病毒肺炎:实验室检测、治疗及疫苗

新型冠状病毒肺炎(2019 novel coronavirus disease,COVID-19),一种由动物来源的新型冠状病毒(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,SRAS-CoV-2)感染所致的疾病在全球范围内急速传播,严重的危害人类的健康.快速、准确的诊...     

新型冠状病毒的结构基础与新型冠状病毒肺炎的临床药物治疗

新型冠状病毒肺炎(corona virus disease 2019, COVID-19)是指由新型冠状病毒(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2, SARS-CoV-2)感染导致的肺炎。SARS-CoV-2结合细胞表面受体——血管紧张素转化酶2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2,ACE2)感染肺部细胞,导致白细胞浸润,血管和肺泡壁通透性增加,肺表面活性物质减少,引起呼吸系统症状。局部的炎症加重引起细胞因子风暴,造成全身性炎症反应综合征。2019年12月,武汉市卫生健康委员会报告了多例新型肺炎,分离并确定了病原体SARS-CoV-2。截至2020年9月13日,全世界216个国家或地区受累,2 860余万人确诊COVID-19,90余万人死于该疾病,病死率高达3.20%。到目前为止,尚无特效药物可治疗COVID-19,因此解析病毒结构,探索治疗药物显得尤其重要。本文总结了SARS-CoV-2的病毒结构和COVID-19的临床药物治疗,并分析了他们之间可能的相关性。     

新型冠状病毒疫苗研究策略分析

新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)是一种可引起人新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的新发呼吸道病原体,与重症急性呼吸道综合症冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)和中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)同属于β-冠状病毒,具有较高的传染性和一定的致死率。2019年12月在我国武汉被发现,随后蔓延到我国大部分省份,给我国人民健康和经济发展造成巨大损失。疫苗接种是预防和控制传染病的常规和有效手段,国内外多个机构已启动COVID-19疫苗研究工作。文中基于SARS和MERS疫苗研究的经验和教训,对COVID-19疫苗的研究策略和需要注意的关键问题进行了阐述,为相关研究人员提供参考。     

脐带间充质干细胞治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎2例

新型冠状病毒感染疫情,已经发展为全球公共卫生紧急事件。世界卫生组织将此病毒命名为2019新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV),将引发的疾病命名为2019冠状病毒病(Coronavirus Disease-19,COVID-19)。COVID-19患者以发热、乏力、干咳为主要临床表现,少数患者伴有鼻塞、流涕和腹泻等症状。重症患者多在发病1周后出现呼吸困难和(或)低氧血症,严重者快速进展为急性呼吸窘迫综合征、脓毒症休克、难以纠正的代谢性酸中毒和出凝血功能障碍等。COVID-19目前尚无特效治疗手段,有学者认为,避免细胞因子风暴可能是治疗COVID-19感染患者的关键。间充质干细胞(mesenchymal stem cells,MSCs)具有强大的免疫调节能力,可能对预防或减弱细胞因子风暴、降低本病的发病率和死亡率具有一定的作用。海南医学院第二附属医院于2020年2月采用脐带间充质干细胞治疗2例新型冠状病毒肺炎患者,取得一定疗效。     

COVID-19确诊病例居住环境病毒检测结果分析及防控探讨

新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)传播速度快、感染范围广,其感染方式主要是聚集性感染,感染途径主要是呼吸道飞沫和接触传播。了解环境中,特别是COVID-19确诊病人生活环境中的病毒存在情况,是做好环境消毒,阻断新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)传播的重要步骤,对COVID-19防控具有重要意义。本研究旨在探讨COVID-19患者生活环境中SARS-CoV-2的存在情况,从SARS-CoV-2存在的空间部位、病毒核酸含量、消毒效果等方面对SARS-CoV-2的相关特点做出初步研究,为制定有效的SARS-CoV-2防控措施提供科学依据。本研究以COVID-19病例治疗前的3个家庭居住环境和治疗出院后隔离期间的2个宾馆居住环境中采集的样本为研究材料,采用RT-PCR方法检测样本中的SARS-CoV-2核酸并进行比较分析。结果显示,首次从3个家庭环境中采样48份,RTPCR检测SARS-CoV-2核酸阳性5份(10.42%),3个家庭的环境样本中均有阳性样本检出。首次采样48h后在家庭3进行第二次采样16份,SARS-CoV-2核酸检测阳性2份(12.5%),检测Ct值比首次升高。家庭3消毒后24h采集的16份样本SARS-CoV-2核酸检测均为阴性,并且两处宾馆环境采集的24份样本SARS-CoV-2核酸检测也均为阴性。本研究提示,COVID-19病例的生活环境中可以检出SARS-CoV-2,病毒存在区域、存在物品、病毒核酸含量均有差异;对外环境进行消毒可以达到消毒目的,能够起到阻断SARS-CoV-2传播的防控效果。     

基于蛋白质组学技术的新型冠状病毒肺炎研究进展

新型冠状病毒肺炎（coronavirus disease 2019,COVID-19）是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2)引发的传染病。此种病毒传染性强、传播速度快,对全球人民的身体健康和生命安全造成严重威胁。蛋白质组学技术以其高通量、高灵敏度的特点,在疾病生物标志物的发现、分子机制研究及治疗靶点研究中扮演着重要角色,并被广泛应用于COVID-19的研究中。本文介绍了SARS-CoV-2的基因组结构及病毒感染过程,总结了目前常用的基于质谱的蛋白质组学研究技术,重点综述了蛋白质组学技术在COVID-19生物标志物的发现、分子机制研究和药物治疗靶标研究中的应用进展,最后展望了蛋白质组学的未来发展方向,以期能够有助于推动蛋白质组学技术在COVID-19精准诊断和治疗中的发展。     

HIV感染者接种新型冠状病毒疫苗的必要性及免疫效果研究进展

目前,接种新型冠状病毒疫苗(简称新冠疫苗)是预防严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2)感染及降低新型冠状病毒肺炎(corona virus disease 2019, COVID-19)重症率、死亡率的重要措施之一。人类免疫缺陷病毒(human immunodeficiency virus, HIV)感染者(HIV infector)是COVID-19的高风险人群,多国疾病预防控制机构和相关学术团体均建议优先为HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗,且已有研究显示HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗后的益处远大于风险。现通过梳理和总结近两年的相关研究,就HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗的必要性、接种效果、影响HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗效果的因素及接种新冠疫苗对HIV感染者的影响等作一概述,以期为HIV感染者新冠疫苗预防接种提供参考。     

新型冠状病毒与系统损伤研究

自2019年12月全国及世界范围爆发了新型冠状病毒性肺炎(corona virus disease 2019,COVID-19),给中国和全球公共卫生安全带来了极大的挑战.研究发现,新型冠状病毒(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2)不仅损...     

S100A8/A9 in COVID-19 pathogenesis: Impact on clinical outcomes

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a broad range of clinical manifestations, highlighting the need for specific diagnostic tools to predict disease severity and improve patient prognosis. Recently, calprotectin (S100A8/A9) has been proposed as a potential biomarker for COVID-19, as elevated serum S100A8/A9 levels are associated with critical COVID-19 cases and can distinguish between mild and severe disease states. S100A8/A9 is an alarmin that mediates host proinflammatory responses during infection and it has been postulated that S100A8/A9 modulates the cytokine storm; the hallmark of fatal COVID-19 cases. However, it has yet to be determined if S100A8/A9 is a bona-fide biomarker for COVID-19. S100A8/A9 is widely implicated in a variety of inflammatory conditions, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), as well as pulmonary infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and influenza. Therefore, understanding how S100A8/A9 levels correlate with immune responses during inflammatory diseases is necessary to evaluate its candidacy as a potential COVID-19 biomarker. This review will outline the protective and detrimental roles of S100A8/A9 during infection, summarize the recent findings detailing the contributions of S100A8/A9 to COVID-19 pathogenesis, and highlight its potential as diagnostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for pulmonary infectious diseases, including COVID-19.     

Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with aggressive periodontitis and severe chronic periodontitis in Japanese

Periodontitis is a common inflammatory disease causing destruction of periodontal tissues. It is a multifactor disease involving genetic factors and oral environmental factors. To determine genetic risk factors associated with aggressive periodontitis or severe chronic periodontitis, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in multiple candidate genes were investigated in Japanese. We studied 134 patients with aggressive periodontitis, 117 patients with severe chronic periodontitis, and 125 healthy volunteers without periodontitis, under case-control setting, and 310 SNPs in 125 candidate genes were genotyped. Association evaluation by Fisher's exact test (p < 0.01) revealed statistically significant SNPs in multiple genes, not only in inflammatory mediators (IL6ST and PTGDS, associated with aggressive periodontitis; and CTSD, associated with severe chronic periodontitis), but also in structural factors of periodontal tissues (COL4A1, COL1A1, and KRT23, associated with aggressive periodontitis; and HSPG2, COL17A1, and EGF, associated with severe chronic periodontitis). These appear to be good candidates as genetic factors for future study.     

Phenotypes and Functions of SARS-CoV-2-Reactive T Cells

Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is an ongoing pandemic disease. SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T-cell responses have been detected and characterized not only in COVID-19 patients and convalescents, but also unexposed individuals. Here, we review the phenotypes and functions of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in COVID-19 patients and the relationships between SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses and COVID-19 severity. In addition, we describe the phenotypes and functions of SARS-CoV-2-specific memory T cells after recovery from COVID-19 and discuss the presence of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in unexposed individuals and SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses elicited by COVID-19 vaccines. A better understanding of T-cell responses is important for effective control of the current COVID-19 pandemic.     

Malaria,COVID-19 and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2: what does the available population data say?

The etiopathogenesis of COVID-19 and its differential geographic spread suggest some populations are apparently ‘less affected’ through many host-related factors that involve angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein, which is also the entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2. The role of ACE2 has been well studied in COVID-19 but not in the context of malaria and COVID-19. We have previously suggested how malaria might intersect with COVID-19 through ACE2 mutation and here we evaluate the currently available data that could provide a link between the two diseases. Based on the existing global and Indian data on malaria, COVID-19 and the suggested ACE2 mutation, the association could not be examined robustly, neither accepting nor refuting the suggested hypothesis. We strongly recommend targeted evaluation of this hypothesis through carefully designed robust molecular epidemiological studies.     

An analytical study of the factors that influence COVID-19 spread

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to constitute an international public health emergency. Seasonality is a long-recognized attribute of many viral infections of humans. Nevertheless, the relationship between environmental factors and the spread of infection, particularly for person-to-person communicable diseases, remains poorly understood. This study explores the relationship between environmental factors and the incidence of COVID-19 in 188 countries with reported COVID-19 cases as of April 13, 2020. Here we show that COVID-19 growth rates peaked in temperate zones in the Northern Hemisphere during the outbreak period, while they were lower in tropical zones. The relationships between COVID-19 and environmental factors were resistant to the potentially confounding effects of air pollution, sea level, and population. To prove the effect of those factors, study, and analysis of the prevalence of COVID-19 in Italy, Spain, and China was undertaken. A fuzzy logic system was designed to predict the effects of that variables on the rate of viral spread of COVID-19.     

Incidence and impact of cardiac arrhythmias in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundStudies have shown that cardiac arrhythmias may occur in up to 44% of patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been associated with an increased risk of death. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with COVID-19 and their implications on patient prognosis.MethodsWe performed a systematic literature search from PubMed, SCOPUS, Europe PMC, Cochrane Central Databases, and Google Scholar + Preprint Servers. The primary endpoint of the study was poor outcomes including mortality, severe COVID-19, and the need for ICU care.ResultsA total of 4 studies including 784 patients were analyzed. The incidence of arrhythmia in patients with COVID-19 was 19% (9–28%; I²: 91.45). Arrhythmia occurred in 48% (38–57%; I²: 48.08) of patients with poor outcome and 6% (1–12%; I²: 85.33%) of patients without poor outcome. Patients with COVID-19 experiencing arrhythmia had an increased risk of poor outcome (RR 7.96 [3.77, 16.81], p < 0.001; I²: 71.1%). The funnel-plot analysis showed an asymmetrical funnel plot with most of the studies on the right side of the effect estimate. The regression-based Egger’s test showed indication of small-study effects (p = 0.001).ConclusionCardiac arrhythmias were significantly associated with an increased risk of poor outcome in COVID-19. Arrhythmias were observed in 19% of patients with COVID-19 and in 48% of patients with COVID-19 and poor outcomes.     

新冠病毒中和单克隆抗体及纳米抗体研究进展北大核心CSCD

由严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2型(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2,SARS-CoV-2)引起的疾病被命名为新型冠状病毒肺炎(coronavirus disease 2019,COVID-19),是一种具有强传染性、高易感性、长潜伏期的传染病。病毒刺突蛋白受体结合结构域(receptor binding domain,RBD)和细胞血管紧张素转换酶2(angiotensin-converting enzyme 2,ACE2)之间的相互作用使得SARS-CoV-2顺利进入细胞。本文对SARS-CoV-2与ACE2的相关作用机制进行了简单概述,对目前针对SARS-CoV-2中和单克隆抗体、纳米抗体的最新研究进展进行了总结,探讨了新冠肺炎的发展过程和抗体药物的研究方向,以期为包括新冠肺炎在内的新发、突发传染病中和抗体药物的研发提供参考。     

基于地理信息系统的重庆地区COVID-19疫情空间分布格局演化

探讨重庆地区COVID-19疫情时空分布特征及扩散模式,以期未来为本地应对公共卫生应急事件积累经验。本文收集重庆市卫生健康委员会公布的官方数据,采用ArcGIS 10.2软件进行空间计量分析,并实现区域分布可视化,描述性统计和社会因素相关分析采用SPSS 20.0和Graphpad Prism 7.0软件进行统计和作图。结果5个时间节点,重庆地区COVID-19累计报告发病率的Moran’s I值均为正值(均P<0.05);局部Getis-ord Gi*指数分析探测到渝东北高渝东南低的态势越发明显;标准差椭圆展布呈现东北-西南的空间格局,随时间的变化经历了扩散-极化-扩散-稳定的过程;重心走势呈现向西南(渝西片区)移动距离逐渐减弱态势,市内出行(r=0.449,P=0.007)和交通网络(rs=0.321,P=0.049)对COVID-19的流行具有正相关性。重庆地区COVID-19疫情存在空间聚集性,高发聚集区域集中在渝东北片区,GIS较好地揭示了疫情聚集性变化过程和传播的时空趋势,市内出行和交通网络2个社会因素对重庆地区疫情影响较大。     

Therapeutic effects of proanthocyanidins on the pathogenesis of periodontitis--an overview

Periodontitis is a bacterially induced chronic inflammatory disease that destroys the connective tissue and bone that support teeth. Bacteria initiates periodontitis and destruction of the alveolar bone and periodontal connective tissue is clearly observed. But, the events occuring between these two points of time remain obscure and this study focusses on these aspects. The proanthocyanidins (PC) have variable pharmacological and nutraceutical benefits including improvement of ischemic cardiovascular disease, prevention of atherosclerosis and antiarthritic, anticancer and antimicrobial activities. The benefits associated with the antioxidant activity of PC have been evaluated both in vivo and in vitro. But, reports on the ameliorative effects of PC on oral diseases and specifically on periodontitis are very few. Hence, a novel attempt is made to review the possible protective effects of PC and its mechanism of action in periodontitis and also to show whether PC could be developed as a therapeutic agent for periodontitis.