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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion Lumos, Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Lung
DISEASE(S): Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SUBMITTER: Peter Sun
LAB HEAD: Peter D. Sun
PROVIDER: PXD045119 | Pride | 2023-10-24
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Erickson Rachel R Huang Chang C Allen Cameron C Ireland Joanna J Roth Gwynne G Zou Zhongcheng Z Lu Jinghua J Lafont Bernard A P BAP Garza Nicole L NL Brumbaugh Beniah B Zhao Ming M Suzuki Motoshi M Olano Lisa L Brzostowski Joseph J Fischer Elizabeth R ER Twigg Homer L HL Johnson Reed F RF Sun Peter D PD
Nature communications 20231011 1
Severe COVID-associated lung injury is a major confounding factor of hospitalizations and death with no effective treatments. Here, we describe a non-classical fibrin clotting mechanism mediated by SARS-CoV-2 infected primary lung but not other susceptible epithelial cells. This infection-induced fibrin formation is observed in all variants of SARS-CoV-2 infections, and requires thrombin but is independent of tissue factor and other classical plasma coagulation factors. While prothrombin and fib ...[more]