Tachykinins and the potential causal factors for post-COVID-19 condition.
Lancet Microbe
; 4(8): e642-e650, 2023 08.
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| ID: mdl-37327802
ABSTRACT
The most prevalent symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition are pulmonary dysfunction, fatigue and muscle weakness, anxiety, anosmia, dysgeusia, headaches, difficulty in concentrating, sexual dysfunction, and digestive disturbances. Hence, neurological dysfunction and autonomic impairments predominate in post-COVID-19 condition. Tachykinins including the most studied substance P are neuropeptides expressed throughout the nervous and immune systems, and contribute to many physiopathological processes in the nervous, immune, gastrointestinal, respiratory, urogenital, and dermal systems and participate in inflammation, nociception, and cell proliferation. Substance P is a key molecule in neuroimmune crosstalk; immune cells near the peripheral nerve endings can send signals to the brain with cytokines, which highlights the important role of tachykinins in neuroimmune communication. We reviewed the evidence that relates the symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition to the functions of tachykinins and propose a putative pathogenic mechanism. The antagonism of tachykinins receptors can be a potential treatment target.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neuropéptidos
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COVID-19
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lancet Microbe
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos