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The Role of Von Willebrand Factor in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Vascular Thrombosis in COVID-19
Authors:Anastasiya S. Babkina  Irina V. Ostrova  Mikhail Ya Yadgarov  Artem N. Kuzovlev  Andrey V. Grechko  Alexey V. Volkov  Arkady M. Golubev
Affiliation:1.Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, 107031 Moscow, Russia; (I.V.O.); (M.Y.Y.); (A.N.K.); (A.V.G.); (A.V.V.); (A.M.G.);2.Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 117198 Moscow, Russia;3.Department of Pathological Anatomy, Institute of Medicine, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 117198 Moscow, Russia
Abstract:The increased plasma levels of von Willebrand factor (VWF) in patients with COVID-19 was reported in many studies, and its correlation with disease severity and mortality suggest its important role in the pathogenesis of thrombosis in COVID-19. We performed histological and immunohistochemical studies of the lungs of 29 patients who died from COVID-19. We found a significant increase in the intensity of immunohistochemical reaction for VWF in the pulmonary vascular endothelium when the disease duration was more than 10 days. In the patients who had thrombotic complications, the VWF immunostaining in the pulmonary vascular endothelium was significantly more intense than in nonsurvivors without thrombotic complications. Duration of disease and thrombotic complications were found to be independent predictors of increased VWF immunostaining in the endothelium of pulmonary vessels. We also revealed that bacterial pneumonia was associated with increased VWF staining intensity in pulmonary arterial, arteriolar, and venular endothelium, while lung ventilation was an independent predictor of increased VWF immunostaining in arterial endothelium. The results of the study demonstrated an important role of endothelial VWF in the pathogenesis of thrombus formation in COVID-19.
Keywords:SARS-CoV-2   COVID-19   ARDS   von Willebrand factor   thrombosis   pulmonary embolism
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