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Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series

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In this paper, the authors provide a clinicopathological report of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases by documenting histopathological changes and evidence of SARS CoV2 tissue tropism.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2020-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 587 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diffuse alveolar damage & Kidney disease.

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Persistent Post-COVID-19 Interstitial Lung Disease. An Observational Study of Corticosteroid Treatment

TL;DR: In this paper, the natural history of recovery from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains unknown, because fibrosis with persistent physiological deficit is a previously unknown condition.
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Myocarditis is rare in COVID-19 autopsies: cardiovascular findings across 277 postmortem examinations.

TL;DR: Across 277 cases, COVID-19 related cardiac histopathological findings, are common, while myocarditis is rare, indicating strong biases in observations and the need for more consistency in reporting.
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SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explore recent clinical and experimental advances regarding SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology and discuss potential mechanisms behind acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), specifically focusing on new insights obtained using novel technologies such as single-cell omics, organoid infection models and CRISPR screens.
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Pathophysiology of COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury.

TL;DR: A number of potential pathophysiological pathways through which acute kidney injury (AKI) can develop in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection are investigated in this article.
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ORF3a of the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 blocks HOPS complex-mediated assembly of the SNARE complex required for autolysosome formation.

TL;DR: The study reveals a mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 evades lysosomal destruction and provides insights for developing new strategies to treat COVID-19 and Surprisingly, ORF3a from the SARS virus SARS -CoV fails to interact with HOPS or block autophagy.
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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019.

TL;DR: Human airway epithelial cells were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which formed a clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily, which is the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans.
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Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

TL;DR: Hospitalised COVID-19 patients are frequently elderly subjects with co-morbidities receiving polypharmacy, all of which are known risk factors for d
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