Entry
Name
Coronavirus disease - COVID-19 - Nomascus leucogenys (northern white-cheeked gibbon)
Description
Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 infects alveolar epithelial cells [mainly alveolar epithelial type 2 (AEC2) cells] through the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. Upon the occupancy of ACE2 by SARS-CoV-2, the increased serum level of free Angiotensin II (Ang II) due to a reduction of ACE2-mediated degradation promotes activation of the NF-kappa B pathway via Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R), followed by interleukin-6 (IL-6) production. SARS-CoV-2 also activates the innate immune system; macrophage stimulation triggers the overproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, and the "cytokine storm", which results in systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiple organ failure. The combined effects of complement activation, dysregulated neutrophilia, endothelial injury, and hypercoagulability appear to be intertwined to drive the severe features of COVID-19.
Class
Human Diseases; Infectious disease: viral
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Organism
Nomascus leucogenys (northern white-cheeked gibbon) [GN:
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Gene
100581655 NFKB1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K02580 ]
100581749 TNFRSF1A; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A isoform X4 [KO:K03158 ]
100604063 IL6R; interleukin-6 receptor subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K05055 ]
100581824 IL6ST; interleukin-6 receptor subunit beta isoform X1 [KO:K05060 ]
100598877 STAT3; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04692 ]
100582005 CSF3; granulocyte colony-stimulating factor isoform X1 [KO:K05423 ]
100593532 CSF2; granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor [KO:K05427 ]
105737713 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: 40S ribosomal protein S4, X isoform-like [KO:K02987 ]
100600311 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: putative 40S ribosomal protein S10-like [KO:K02947 ]
100582420 FAU; ubiquitin-like protein fubi and ribosomal protein S30 [KO:K02983 ]
105737826 putative ubiquitin-like protein FUBI-like protein ENSP00000310146 [KO:K02983 ]
100593441 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: probable ribosome biogenesis protein RLP24 [KO:K02896 ]
115836963 UBA52; ubiquitin-60S ribosomal protein L40 isoform X1 [KO:K02927 ]
100592223 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: immunoglobulin heavy variable 3-48 [KO:K06856 ]
101176530 FCGR2A; low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor II-a [KO:K06472 ]
100588218 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100580872 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100584384 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100605788 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
100591270 PIK3R3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
100599301 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
100591458 PLCG1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma-1 isoform X1 [KO:K01116 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100598173 MYD88; myeloid differentiation primary response protein MyD88 isoform X2 [KO:K04729 ]
100597932 TAB2; TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 and MAP3K7-binding protein 2 [KO:K04404 ]
100601058 NLRP3; NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K12800 ]
105737525 STING1; stimulator of interferon genes protein isoform X1 [KO:K12654 ]
100596344 STAT1; signal transducer and activator of transcription 1-alpha/beta [KO:K11220 ]
100585171 STAT2; signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 isoform X1 [KO:K11221 ]
100607041 C1QC; complement C1q subcomponent subunit C isoform X1 [KO:K03988 ]
100601109 MASP1; mannan-binding lectin serine protease 1 isoform X1 [KO:K03992 ] [EC:3.4.21.-]
Compound
Reference
Authors
Harrison AG, Lin T, Wang P
Title
Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Pathogenesis.
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Reference
Authors
Perico L, Benigni A, Casiraghi F, Ng LFP, Renia L, Remuzzi G
Title
Immunity, endothelial injury and complement-induced coagulopathy in COVID-19.
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Authors
Battagello DS, Dragunas G, Klein MO, Ayub ALP, Velloso FJ, Correa RG
Title
Unpuzzling COVID-19: tissue-related signaling pathways associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission.
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Authors
Felsenstein S, Herbert JA, McNamara PS, Hedrich CM
Title
COVID-19: Immunology and treatment options.
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Authors
Hojyo S, Uchida M, Tanaka K, Hasebe R, Tanaka Y, Murakami M, Hirano T
Title
How COVID-19 induces cytokine storm with high mortality.
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Authors
Mahmudpour M, Roozbeh J, Keshavarz M, Farrokhi S, Nabipour I
Title
COVID-19 cytokine storm: The anger of inflammation.
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Authors
Farooqi F, Dhawan N, Morgan R, Dinh J, Nedd K, Yatzkan G
Title
Treatment of Severe COVID-19 with Tocilizumab Mitigates Cytokine Storm and Averts Mechanical Ventilation During Acute Respiratory Distress: A Case Report and Literature Review.
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Authors
Jamilloux Y, Henry T, Belot A, Viel S, Fauter M, El Jammal T, Walzer T, Francois B, Seve P
Title
Should we stimulate or suppress immune responses in COVID-19? Cytokine and anti-cytokine interventions.
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Authors
Kiselevskiy M, Shubina I, Chikileva I, Sitdikova S, Samoylenko I, Anisimova N, Kirgizov K, Suleimanova A, Gorbunova T, Varfolomeeva S
Title
Immune Pathogenesis of COVID-19 Intoxication: Storm or Silence?
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Authors
Curran CS, Rivera DR, Kopp JB
Title
COVID-19 Usurps Host Regulatory Networks.
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Authors
Quan C, Li C, Ma H, Li Y, Zhang H
Title
Immunopathogenesis of Coronavirus-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Potential Infection-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
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Reference
Authors
Ahmed-Hassan H, Sisson B, Shukla RK, Wijewantha Y, Funderburg NT, Li Z, Hayes D Jr, Demberg T, Liyanage NPM
Title
Innate Immune Responses to Highly Pathogenic Coronaviruses and Other Significant Respiratory Viral Infections.
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Authors
Tay MZ, Poh CM, Renia L, MacAry PA, Ng LFP
Title
The trinity of COVID-19: immunity, inflammation and intervention.
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Reference
Authors
Xia H, Cao Z, Xie X, Zhang X, Chen JY, Wang H, Menachery VD, Rajsbaum R, Shi PY
Title
Evasion of Type I Interferon by SARS-CoV-2.
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Authors
Hartenian E, Nandakumar D, Lari A, Ly M, Tucker JM, Glaunsinger BA
Title
The molecular virology of coronaviruses.
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Reference
Authors
Amor S, Fernandez Blanco L, Baker D
Title
Innate immunity during SARS-CoV-2: evasion strategies and activation trigger hypoxia and vascular damage.
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Authors
Catanzaro M, Fagiani F, Racchi M, Corsini E, Govoni S, Lanni C
Title
Immune response in COVID-19: addressing a pharmacological challenge by targeting pathways triggered by SARS-CoV-2.
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Authors
Jafarzadeh A, Chauhan P, Saha B, Jafarzadeh S, Nemati M
Title
Contribution of monocytes and macrophages to the local tissue inflammation and cytokine storm in COVID-19: Lessons from SARS and MERS, and potential therapeutic interventions.
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Authors
Merad M, Martin JC
Title
Pathological inflammation in patients with COVID-19: a key role for monocytes and macrophages.
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Authors
South AM, Tomlinson L, Edmonston D, Hiremath S, Sparks MA
Title
Controversies of renin-angiotensin system inhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Authors
Furuhashi M, Moniwa N, Takizawa H, Ura N, Shimamoto K
Title
Potential differential effects of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung injury in COVID-19.
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Authors
Gemmati D, Bramanti B, Serino ML, Secchiero P, Zauli G, Tisato V
Title
COVID-19 and Individual Genetic Susceptibility/Receptivity: Role of ACE1/ACE2 Genes, Immunity, Inflammation and Coagulation. Might the Double X-chromosome in Females Be Protective against SARS-CoV-2 Compared to the Single X-Chromosome in Males?
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Authors
Kielian M
Title
Enhancing host cell infection by SARS-CoV-2.
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Risitano AM, Mastellos DC, Huber-Lang M, Yancopoulou D, Garlanda C, Ciceri F, Lambris JD
Title
Complement as a target in COVID-19?
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Authors
Noris M, Benigni A, Remuzzi G
Title
The case of complement activation in COVID-19 multiorgan impact.
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Authors
Polycarpou A, Howard M, Farrar CA, Greenlaw R, Fanelli G, Wallis R, Klavinskis LS, Sacks S
Title
Rationale for targeting complement in COVID-19.
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Authors
Teuwen LA, Geldhof V, Pasut A, Carmeliet P
Title
COVID-19: the vasculature unleashed.
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Authors
Jodele S, Kohl J
Title
Tackling COVID-19 infection through complement-targeted immunotherapy.
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Authors
Chauhan AJ, Wiffen LJ, Brown TP
Title
COVID-19: A collision of complement, coagulation and inflammatory pathways.
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Authors
Colling ME, Kanthi Y
Title
COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: An exploration of mechanisms.
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Authors
McFadyen JD, Stevens H, Peter K
Title
The Emerging Threat of (Micro)Thrombosis in COVID-19 and Its Therapeutic Implications.
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Authors
Shi M, Wang L, Fontana P, Vora S, Zhang Y, Fu TM, Lieberman J, Wu H
Title
SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 suppresses host but not viral translation through a bipartite mechanism.
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Authors
Paniri A, Akhavan-Niaki H
Title
Emerging role of IL-6 and NLRP3 inflammasome as potential therapeutic targets to combat COVID-19: Role of lncRNAs in cytokine storm modulation.
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Authors
Omarjee L, Janin A, Perrot F, Laviolle B, Meilhac O, Mahe G
Title
Targeting T-cell senescence and cytokine storm with rapamycin to prevent severe progression in COVID-19.
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Authors
Zhang S, Li L, Shen A, Chen Y, Qi Z
Title
Rational Use of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia.
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Related pathway
nle04270 Vascular smooth muscle contraction
nle04610 Complement and coagulation cascades
nle04613 Neutrophil extracellular trap formation
nle04620 Toll-like receptor signaling pathway
nle04621 NOD-like receptor signaling pathway
nle04622 RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway
nle04650 Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity
nle04666 Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis
nle04670 Leukocyte transendothelial migration
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