Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Sci Transl Med. 2024 Nov 13;16(773):eado2106. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ado2106.
Long Covid is defined by a wide range of symptoms that persist after the acute phase of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Commonly reported symptoms include fatigue, weakness, postexertional malaise, and cognitive dysfunction, with many other symptoms reported. Symptom range, duration, and severity are highly variable and partially overlap with symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and other post-acute infectious syndromes, highlighting opportunities to define shared mechanisms of pathogenesis. Potential mechanisms of Long Covid are diverse, including persistence of viral reservoirs, dysregulated immune responses, direct viral damage of tissues targeted by SARS-CoV-2, inflammation driven by reactivation of latent viral infections, vascular endothelium activation or dysfunction, and subsequent thromboinflammation, autoimmunity, metabolic derangements, microglial activation, and microbiota dysbiosis. The heterogeneity of symptoms and baseline characteristics of people with Long Covid, as well as the varying states of immunity and therapies given at the time of acute infection, have made etiologies of Long Covid difficult to determine. Here, we examine progress on preclinical models for Long Covid and review progress being made in clinical trials, highlighting the need for large human studies and further development of models to better understand Long Covid. Such studies will inform clinical trials that will define treatments to benefit those living with this condition.
长新冠是指在严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)感染的急性期后持续存在的广泛症状。常见的报告症状包括疲劳、虚弱、劳累后不适和认知功能障碍,还有许多其他症状报告。症状范围、持续时间和严重程度高度可变,部分与肌痛性脑脊髓炎/慢性疲劳综合征和其他急性感染后综合征的症状重叠,突出了定义共同发病机制的机会。长新冠的潜在发病机制多种多样,包括病毒储库的持续存在、免疫反应失调、SARS-CoV-2 靶向组织的直接病毒损伤、由潜伏病毒感染再激活引起的炎症、血管内皮细胞激活或功能障碍以及随后的血栓炎症、自身免疫、代谢紊乱、小胶质细胞激活和微生物群落失调。长新冠患者的症状和基线特征的异质性,以及急性感染时免疫状态和治疗方法的不同,使得长新冠的病因难以确定。在这里,我们检查了长新冠的临床前模型的进展,并审查了临床试验的进展,强调了需要进行大型人类研究和进一步开发模型以更好地了解长新冠。这些研究将为临床试验提供信息,这些临床试验将确定治疗方法,使那些患有这种疾病的人受益。
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