Recent Randomized Trials of Antithrombotic Therapy for Patients With COVID-19: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

AH Talasaz, P Sadeghipour, H Kakavand… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Endothelial injury and microvascular/macrovascular thrombosis are common
pathophysiological features of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). However, the optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelium infection and dysregulation by SARS-CoV-2: evidence and caveats in COVID-19

I Bernard, D Limonta, LK Mahal, TC Hobman - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the acute
respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a persistent threat to global public …

Pharmacology of heparin and related drugs: An update

J Hogwood, B Mulloy, R Lever, E Gray, CP Page - Pharmacological reviews, 2023 - ASPET
Heparin has been used extensively as an antithrombotic and anticoagulant for close to 100
years. This anticoagulant activity is attributed mainly to the pentasaccharide sequence …

Synthesis, molecular features and biological activities of modified plant polysaccharides

S Mukherjee, S Jana, S Khawas, J Kicuntod… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Heparin: An old drug for new clinical applications

P Wang, L Chi, Z Zhang, H Zhao, F Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heparin, an old but first-line anticoagulant, has been used over a century. It is a
heterogeneous, linear, highly sulfated, anionic glycosaminoglycan with a broad distribution …

Unfractionated heparin inhibits live wild type SARS‐CoV‐2 cell infectivity at therapeutically relevant concentrations

JA Tree, JE Turnbull, KR Buttigieg… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Currently, there are no licensed vaccines and limited antivirals for
the treatment of COVID‐19. Heparin (delivered systemically) is currently used to treat …

Enoxaparin for primary thromboprophylaxis in symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19 (OVID): a randomised, open-label, parallel-group, multicentre, phase 3 trial

S Barco, D Voci, U Held, T Sebastian… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 is a viral prothrombotic respiratory infection. Heparins exert
antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory effects, and might have antiviral properties. We aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Heparan sulfate proteoglycans in viral infection and treatment: a special focus on SARS-CoV-2

V De Pasquale, MS Quiccione, S Tafuri… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) encompass a group of glycoproteins composed of
unbranched negatively charged heparan sulfate (HS) chains covalently attached to a core …

Pharmacovigilance‐based drug repurposing: The search for inverse signals via OpenVigil identifies putative drugs against viral respiratory infections

R Böhm, C Bulin, V Waetzig, I Cascorbi… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Pharmacovigilance data are primarily used to identify adverse drug reactions by
screening for disproportionate reporting, ie more reports of certain combinations of adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Polyglycerols as multi-functional platforms: synthesis and biomedical applications

P Pouyan, M Cherri, R Haag - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The remarkable and unique characteristics of polyglycerols (PG) have made them an
attractive candidate for many applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. The …