Post-COVID-19 Patients Who Develop Lung Fibrotic-like Changes Have Lower Circulating Levels of IFN-β but Higher Levels of IL-1α and TGF-β

Post-COVID-19 Patients Who Develop Lung Fibrotic-like Changes Have Lower Circulating Levels of IFN-β but Higher Levels of IL-1α and TGF-β

Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 infection induces in some patients a condition called long-COVID-19, herein post-COVID-19 (PC), which persists for longer than the negative oral-pharyngeal swab. One of the complications of PC is pulmonary fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to identify blood biomarkers to pr...

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Main Authors: Chiara Colarusso, Angelantonio Maglio, Michela Terlizzi, Carolina Vitale, Antonio Molino, Aldo Pinto, Alessandro Vatrella, Rosalinda Sorrentino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
post-COVID-19
pulmonary fibrosis
inflammation
cytokines
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/12/1931

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https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/12/1931

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