How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Lives of Life Scientists

Post-COVID Syndrome in Adults-An Overview

This article provides an overview of various aspects related to post-COVID syndrome. Apart from its prevalence, symptoms and sequelae, risk determinants, and psychosocial implications, the pathogenesis of post-COVID condition is discussed in more detail. A focus on thrombo-inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infection, the role of neutrophil extracellular traps, and the prevalence of venous thromboembolism is made. Moreover, COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome in immunocompromising conditions, and the impact of vaccination on the prevention and treatment of post-COVID symptoms are reviewed. Autoimmunity is a hallmark of post-COVID syndrome, and, therefore, is another focus of this article. Thus, misdirected cellular and humoral immune responses can enhance the risk of latent autoimmunity in post-COVID syndrome. Facing the high prevalence of COVID-19 cases worldwide, it can be assumed that autoimmune disorders will increase globally over the next few years. Recent advances in identifying genetically determined variants may open the avenue for a better understanding of the susceptibility to and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection and post-COVID syndrome.

GTH 2021: ACROSS BORDERS

"Bienvenue!", "Benvenuti!", "Willkommen!", "Welcome!" to the GTH 2021 congress, simply online … worth experiencing. During the Opening Ceremony, which will take place on Monday, February 22, you will enjoy, among other inspiring presentations (check on www.gth2021.org), the Alexander Schmidt Lecture held by the Awardee Markus Bender. The corresponding manuscript by BENDER AND PALANKAR: ,1 masterfully summarizing recent findings on the contribution of the actin cytoskeleton and lamellipodia structures to platelet function, opens this year's congress issue of Hämostaseologie - Progress in Haemostasis.