Article ; Online: Neurological Insights of COVID-19 Pandemic.
ACS chemical neuroscience
2020 Volume 11, Issue 9, Page(s) 1206–1209
Abstract: ... In this Viewpoint, we provide a brief outline of the currently known neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and ... emerge as the new abode of the virus. Already instances of patients with COVID-19 have been reported ... specific therapeutic strategies with the available information to counteract the pandemic ...
Abstract | The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was identified after a recent outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has kept the whole world in tenterhooks due to its severe life-threatening nature of the infection. The virus is unlike its previous counterparts, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, or anything the world has encountered before both in terms of virulence and severity of the infection. If scientific reports relevant to the SARS-CoV-2 virus are noted, it can be seen that the virus owes much of its killer properties to its unique structure that has a stronger binding affinity with the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) protein, which the viruses utilize as an entry point to gain accesses to its hosts. Recent reports suggest that it is not just the lung that the virus may be targeting; the human brain may soon emerge as the new abode of the virus. Already instances of patients with COVID-19 have been reported with mild (anosmia and ageusia) to severe (encephalopathy) neurological manifestations, and if that is so, then it gives us more reasons to be frightened of this killer virus. Keeping in mind that the situation does not worsen from here, immediate awareness and more thorough research regarding the neuroinvasive nature of the virus is the immediate need of the hour. Scientists globally also need to up their game to design more specific therapeutic strategies with the available information to counteract the pandemic. In this Viewpoint, we provide a brief outline of the currently known neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and discuss some probable ways to design therapeutic strategies to overcome the present global crisis. |
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MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Ageusia/virology ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 ; Autopsy ; BCG Vaccine/administration & dosage ; BCG Vaccine/immunology ; Betacoronavirus/chemistry ; Betacoronavirus/metabolism ; Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity ; Brain/pathology ; Brain/physiopathology ; Brain/virology ; Brain Diseases/immunology ; Brain Diseases/pathology ; Brain Diseases/virology ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis ; Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Coronavirus Infections/virology ; Cytokines/immunology ; Humans ; Inflammation/immunology ; Inflammation/pathology ; Inflammation/virology ; MicroRNAs/genetics ; Olfaction Disorders/virology ; Olfactory Mucosa/pathology ; Olfactory Mucosa/physiopathology ; Olfactory Mucosa/virology ; Pandemics ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/genetics ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/metabolism ; Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis ; Pneumonia, Viral/immunology ; Pneumonia, Viral/pathology ; Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; RNA Interference ; Receptors, Nicotinic/metabolism ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism ; Smoking/metabolism ; Smoking/pathology ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | BCG Vaccine ; Cytokines ; MIRN27 microRNA, human ; MicroRNAs ; Receptors, Nicotinic ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A (EC 3.4.15.1) ; ACE2 protein, human (EC 3.4.17.23) ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (EC 3.4.17.23) ; Serine Endopeptidases (EC 3.4.21.-) ; TMPRSS2 protein, human (EC 3.4.21.-) |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-04-22 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ISSN | 1948-7193 |
ISSN (online) | 1948-7193 |
DOI | 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00201 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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