Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 52471, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt.
Viruses. 2022 Jan 24;14(2):228. doi: 10.3390/v14020228.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19, is currently developing into a rapidly disseminating and an overwhelming worldwide pandemic. In severe COVID-19 cases, hypercoagulability and inflammation are two crucial complications responsible for poor prognosis and mortality. In addition, coagulation system activation and inflammation overlap and produce life-threatening complications, including coagulopathy and cytokine storm, which are associated with overproduction of cytokines and activation of the immune system; they might be a lead cause of organ damage. However, patients with severe COVID-19 who received anticoagulant therapy had lower mortality, especially with elevated D-dimer or fibrin degradation products (FDP). In this regard, the discovery of natural products with anticoagulant potential may help mitigate the numerous side effects of the available synthetic drugs. This review sheds light on blood coagulation and its impact on the complication associated with COVID-19. Furthermore, the sources of natural anticoagulants, the role of nanoparticle formulation in this outbreak, and the prevalence of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after COVID-19 vaccines are also reviewed. These combined data provide many research ideas related to the possibility of using these anticoagulant agents as a treatment to relieve acute symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2),也称为 COVID-19,目前正在迅速传播并成为全球范围内压倒性的大流行。在严重的 COVID-19 病例中,高凝状态和炎症是两个导致预后不良和死亡率高的关键并发症。此外,凝血系统的激活和炎症重叠并产生危及生命的并发症,包括凝血障碍和细胞因子风暴,这与细胞因子的过度产生和免疫系统的激活有关;它们可能是导致器官损伤的主要原因。然而,接受抗凝治疗的重症 COVID-19 患者的死亡率较低,尤其是 D-二聚体或纤维蛋白降解产物(FDP)升高的患者。在这方面,具有抗凝潜力的天然产物的发现可能有助于减轻现有合成药物的许多副作用。本综述重点介绍了血液凝固及其对 COVID-19 相关并发症的影响。此外,还回顾了天然抗凝剂的来源、纳米颗粒制剂在此次疫情中的作用,以及 COVID-19 疫苗接种后血栓性血小板减少综合征(TTS)的流行情况。这些综合数据为使用这些抗凝剂作为治疗 COVID-19 感染急性症状的可能性提供了许多研究思路。