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Björn TantauMA to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

Promising Treatment for Long Covid

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Promising Treatment for Long Covid

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Björn TantauMA to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago
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Targeting the High-Density Lipoprotein Proteome for the Treatment of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
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Here, we target the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) proteome in a case series of 16 patients with post-COVID-19 symptoms treated with HMG-Co-A reductase inhibitors (statin) plus angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) for 6 weeks. Patients suffering from persistent symptoms (post-acute sequelae) after serologically confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (post-COVID-19 syndrome, PCS, n = 8) or following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (PVS, n = 8) were included. Asymptomatic subjects with corresponding serological findings served as healthy controls (n = 8/8). HDL was isolated using dextran sulfate precipitation and the HDL proteome of all study participants was analyzed quantitatively by mass spectrometry. Clinical symptoms were assessed using questionnaires before and after therapy. The inflammatory potential of the patients’ HDL proteome was addressed in human endothelial cells. The HDL proteome of patients with PCS and PVS showed no significant differences; however, compared to controls, the HDL from PVS/PCS patients displayed significant alterations involving hemoglobin, cytoskeletal proteins (MYL6, TLN1, PARVB, TPM4, FLNA), and amyloid precursor protein. Gene Ontology Biological Process (GOBP) enrichment analysis identified hemostasis, peptidase, and lipoprotein regulation pathways to be involved. Treatment of PVS/PCS patients with statins plus ARBs improved the patients’ clinical symptoms. After therapy, three proteins were significantly increased (FAM3C, AT6AP2, ADAM10; FDR < 0.05) in the HDL proteome from patients with PVS/PCS. Exposure of human endothelial cells with the HDL proteome from treated PVS/PCS patients revealed reduced inflammatory cytokine and adhesion molecule expression. Thus, HDL proteome analysis from PVS/PCS patients enables a deeper insight into the underlying disease mechanisms, pointing to significant involvement in metabolic and signaling disturbances. Treatment with statins plus ARBs improved clinical symptoms and reduced the inflammatory potential of the HDL proteome. These observations may guide future therapeutic strategies for PVS/PCS patients.

They treated 16 patients with cholesterin and blood pressure medication and it showed a reduction of about 90 % in symptoms.

Here’s an article in German about the study: https://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/interview-marburger-post-covid-studie-zeigt-erstaunliche-erfolge-v1,cholesterin-long-covid-100.html

Can anyone gleen how bad the patients had it before treatment? I can’t get further than the abstract in the full paper.

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    11 months ago

    https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/8/4522#table_body_display_ijms-25-04522-t002

    Edit: Sorry, link does not open the table. It’s table nr. 2.

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