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ArticleBiochemistry2025

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Amyloid Fibrils Impair Fibrin Formation and Fibrinolysis.

Henrik Westman, Per Hammarström, Sofie Nyström

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Article in Biochemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Henrik WestmanLinköping University, IFM-Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Per HammarströmLinköping University, IFM-Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Sofie NyströmLinköping University, IFM-Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4303-4783

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Abstract

Long COVID, or postacute sequelae of COVID-19 from SARS-CoV-2 infection, is a persistent debilitating disease affecting multiple systems and organs. Long COVID pathophysiology is a complex and not fully established process. One prevailing theory is that the formation of fibrin amyloid microclots (fibrinaloids), due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, can induce persistent inflammation and capillary blockage. An association between the amyloidogenic Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and impaired fibrinolysis was made when it was observed that fibrin clots formed in the presence of a mixture of amyloid fibrils from the spike protein mediated resistance to plasmin lysis. Here, we use purified components from the coagulation cascade to investigate the molecular processes of impaired fibrinolysis using seven amyloidogenic SARS-COV-2 Spike peptides. Five of seven Spike amyloid fibrils appeared not to substantially interfere with the fibrinogen-fibrin-fibrinolysis process

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AmyloidCOVID-19FibrinFibrinolysisSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusFibrinogenHumansAmyloidFibrinFibrinogenSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID41295749
PMCPMC12713721

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