Fighting Post-COVID and ME/CFS – development of curative therapies

Carmen Scheibenbogen, Judith Theresia Bellmann-Strobl, Cornelia Heindrich*, Kirsten Wittke, Elisa Stein, Christiana Franke, Harald Prüss, Hannah Preßler, Marie Luise Machule, Heinrich Audebert, Carsten Finke, Hanna Gwendolyn Zimmermann, Birgit Sawitzki, Christian Meisel, Markus Toelle, Anne Krueger, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Joachim L. Schultze, Marc D. Beyer, Markus RalserMichael Mülleder, Leif Erik Sander, Frank Konietschke, Friedemann Paul, Silvia Stojanov, Lisa Bruckert, Dennis M. Hedderich, Franziska Knolle, Gabriela Riemekasten, Maria J.G.T. Vehreschild, Oliver A. Cornely, Uta Behrends, Susen Burock

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
10 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

The sequela of COVID-19 include a broad spectrum of symptoms that fall under the umbrella term post-COVID-19 condition or syndrome (PCS). Immune dysregulation, autoimmunity, endothelial dysfunction, viral persistence, and viral reactivation have been identified as potential mechanisms. However, there is heterogeneity in expression of biomarkers, and it is unknown yet whether these distinguish different clinical subgroups of PCS. There is an overlap of symptoms and pathomechanisms of PCS with postinfectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). No curative therapies are available for ME/CFS or PCS. The mechanisms identified so far provide targets for therapeutic interventions. To accelerate the development of therapies, we propose evaluating drugs targeting different mechanisms in clinical trial networks using harmonized diagnostic and outcome criteria and subgrouping patients based on a thorough clinical profiling including a comprehensive diagnostic and biomarker phenotyping.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1194754
ZeitschriftFrontiers in medicine
Jahrgang10
ISSN2296-858X
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2023

Strategische Forschungsbereiche und Zentren

  • Forschungsschwerpunkt: Infektion und Entzündung - Zentrum für Infektions- und Entzündungsforschung Lübeck (ZIEL)

DFG-Fachsystematik

  • 2.21-05 Immunologie

Coronavirus-Bezug

  • Forschung zu SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19

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