Autoimmune manifestations associated with coronavirus disease 2019

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Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, autoimmunity, autoantibodies.

Abstract

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a new coronavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is having a devastating impact throughout the world. Its pathophysiology is the result of direct cytopathic effects of SARS-CoV-2 on respiratory epithelium, endothelium, other organ-specific cell types and the subsequent induction of a pro-inflammatory cytokine storm and dysregulated adaptive immunity, causing severe tissue damage.

Objective: To describe autoimmune characteristics present during SARS-Cov-2 infection.

Methods: A literature review on COVID-19 and autoimmune manifestations was carried out. The articles were selected from a search of the following websites: Pubmed, Medline, SciELO. An analysis and summary of the reviewed information was made.

Analysis and synthesis of information: Viruses have been considered the main infectious agents that trigger autoimmune phenomena in genetically susceptible individuals. SARS-CoV-2 has already been linked to a long list of autoinflammatory and autoimmune conditions that can be induced by various mechanisms proposed to explain virus-induced autoimmunity. In this pathology, the most described, is molecular mimicry. COVID-19 shares similarities with autoimmune diseases in its clinical manifestations, pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic response, such powerful immune reactions participate in the pathogenesis of both entities.

Conclusions: SARS-CoV-2 infection may represent the complex and interrelated link between infections and autoimmunity.

 

Author Biography

Yaxsunaris Pérez Fumero, Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral Especialista de I Grado en Inmunología Departamento de Inmunología e Inmunoquímica

Published

2022-10-30

How to Cite

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Pérez Fumero Y, Guerreiro Hernández AM, Leyva Rodríguez A. Autoimmune manifestations associated with coronavirus disease 2019. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];38(4). Available from: https://revhematologia.sld.cu/index.php/hih/article/view/1677

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