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Abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The severity of COVID-19 increases with each decade of life, a phenomenon that suggest that organismal aging contributes to the fatality of the disease. In this regard, we and others have previously shown that COVID-19 severity correlates with shorter telomeres, a molecular determinant of aging, in patient's leukocytes. Lung injury is a predominant feature of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection that can further progress to lung fibrosis in post-COVID-19 patients. Short or dysfunctional telomeres in Alveolar type II (ATII) cells are sufficient to induce pulmonary fibrosis in mouse and humans. Here, we analyze telomere length and the histopathology of lung biopsies from a cohort of alive post-COVID-19 patients and a cohort of age-matched controls with lung cancer. We found loss of ATII cellularity and shorter telomeres in ATII cells concomitant with a marked increase in fibrotic lung parenchyma remodeling in post- COVID-19 patients compared to controls. These findings reveal a link between presence of short telomeres in ATII cells and long-term lung fibrosis sequel in Post-COVID-19 patients
Fuente: Aging, 2023, 15(11), 4625-4641
Editorial: Impact Journals, LLC
Año de publicación: 2023
Nº de páginas: 17
Tipo de publicación: Artículo de Revista
DOI: 10.18632/aging.204755
ISSN: 1945-4589
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MARTÍNEZ, PAULA
SÁNCHEZ-VAZQUEZ, RAÚL
SAHA, ARPITA
RODRIGUEZ-DUQUE, MARIA S.
NARANJO-GONZALO, SARA
OSORIO-CHAVEZ, JOY S.
ANA VICTORIA VILLAR RAMOS
BLASCO, MARIA A.
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