Role of mast cell proteases in cardiac damage in new coronavirus infection
- Authors: Budnevsky A.V.1, Avdeev S.N.2, Ovsyannikov E.S.1, Tokmachev R.E.1, Feygelman S.N.1, Shishkina V.V.1, Perveeva I.M.3, Chernik T.A.1, Arkhipova E.D.1
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Affiliations:
- N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- Voronezh Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1
- Issue: Vol 33, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 465-474
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/pavlovj/article/view/327207
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/PAVLOVJ655849
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/INVPNY
- ID: 327207
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the cause of the global pandemic of 2019–2023. Despite the fact that COVID-19 primarily affects the lung tissue, cardiovascular complications are not uncommon both at the height of the disease, and in the post-COVID period. The presence of previous cardiovascular diseases and advanced age of the patient are proven risk factors of adverse outcomes in COVID-19.
AIM: Based on the analysis of the current literature sources, to determine the role of mast cell proteases in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications of COVID-19.
Excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by mast cells in the new coronavirus infection conditions the initiation of a severe systemic inflammatory response that affects not only the lung tissue, but also the myocardium. One most significant mechanism of the development of cardiovascular complications in patients with COVID-19 is endothelial dysfunction of the microcirculatory system with the formation of ischemic areas with subsequent local apoptosis of cardiac myocytes.
CONCLUSION: Cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 develop primarily due to the damaging effect of proinflammatory cytokines, the production of which is stimulated by proteases of activated mast cells. Because of small amount of published data, additional investigation is required.
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Andrey V. Budnevsky
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: budnev@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1171-2746
SPIN-code: 7381-0612
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Russian Federation, VoronezhSergey N. Avdeev
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Email: serg_avdeev@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5999-2150
SPIN-code: 1645-5524
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Russian Federation, MoscowEvgeny S. Ovsyannikov
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: ovses@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8545-6255
SPIN-code: 7999-0433
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Associate Professor
Russian Federation, VoronezhRoman E. Tokmachev
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: r-tokmachev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6379-4635
SPIN-code: 5922-6679
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, VoronezhSofia N. Feygelman
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: s.feygelman@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4128-6044
SPIN-code: 1645-1203
Russian Federation, Voronezh
Victoria V. Shishkina
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: 4128069@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9185-4578
SPIN-code: 9339-7794
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Associate Professor
Russian Federation, VoronezhInna M. Perveeva
Voronezh Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1
Email: perveeva.inna@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5712-9302
SPIN-code: 5995-6533
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, VoronezhTatyana A. Chernik
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: ch01@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1371-0848
SPIN-code: 8102-8569
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, VoronezhEkaterina D. Arkhipova
N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University
Email: e.pavlykevich@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-4960-334X
SPIN-code: 4813-2508
Russian Federation, Voronezh
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