Role of Circulating Microparticles in Covid-19 Infection
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 189
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Western blot measurement of ACE2 receptor expression in porcine cells
研究概览
简要总结
Among the distinctive features of Covid-19, numerous reports have stressed the importance of vascular damages associated with coagulopathy onset. Microparticles (MPs) shed by apoptotic/stimulated cells are reliable markers of vascular damage released upon pro-inflammatory conditions and behave as active participants in the early steps of clot formation. In addition, MPs carry ACE1 and ACE2, the cell-entry receptor for SARS-Cov2 in the vasculature and up-regulate ACE1 expression in neighbouring endothelial cells. This may contribute to unopposed angiotensin II accumulation which further exacerbate tissue injury and promote both inflammation and thrombosis. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of circulating MPs on ACE2 expression, the cell-entry receptor for SARS-Cov2 on endothelial cells.
详细描述
Circulating MPs will be isolated from Covid-19 patients with lupus anticoagulant, from coronary artery diseases patients and from healthy volunteers without cardiovascular risk factors. Quantification of MPs will be realized by prothrombinase assay. Primary endothelial cells (ECs) from porcine coronary artery or porcine pulmonary artery will be isolated and cultured. ECs will be exposed to circulating MPs. Phenotypical changes (ACE2 expression, cytoadhesins, cytokines, tissue factor expression) of ECs will be examined. Susceptibility of ECs to SARS-COV-2 infection will be determined.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •COVID-19 patients: age > 18 yr
- •SARS-COV-2 infection within 12 months and positive lupus anticoagulant
- •Patients with cardiovascular risk factors: at least among
- •Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Diabetes mellitus, obesity, smoker, Healthy volunteers
排除标准
- •Significant comorbidities (active cancer, auto-immune diseases...)
结局指标
主要结局
Western blot measurement of ACE2 receptor expression in porcine cells
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
次要结局
未报告次要终点