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ArticleViruses2025

Cardiac Tissue Damage in a Female Animal Post-COVID Model: Relevance of Chemokine-Mediated Inflammation.

Silvia Flaj-Prados, Esperanza Herradón Pliego, Carlos Goicoechea Garcia, Eva M Sánchez-Robles, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, Visitación López-Miranda

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Silvia Flaj-PradosDepartment of Basic Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0009-0009-6583-4587
Esperanza Herradón PliegoDepartment of Basic Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7210-6283
Carlos Goicoechea GarciaDepartment of Basic Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6226-6934
Eva M Sánchez-RoblesDepartment of Basic Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2740-2750
Lars Arendt-NielsenCenter for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI) Center, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0892-1579
César Fernández-de-Las-PeñasCenter for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI) Center, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3772-9690
Visitación López-MirandaDepartment of Basic Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1378-0387

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Comunidad de Madrid THE LONG COVID EXPNovo Nordisk Foundation NNF21OC0067235
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Abstract

Post-COVID cardiac complications have emerged as a significant and persistent clinical concern, yet their underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Animal models can act as proxies to investigate the pathophysiology of the human, post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the expression of inflammatory biomarkers in cardiac tissue 28 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a female hACE2 mouse model, with a focus on chemokine-mediated immune activation. Twelve female C57BL/6 hACE2 mice were infected with the Omicron variant (BA.1.17 lineage) of SARS-CoV-2, and eleven non-infected mice served as controls. Cardiac tissue was analyzed via Western blot for markers of innate immune activation (TLR4, MyD88, NF-κB) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-18, IL-1β, TNF-α, CD11d). Cardiac tissue injury markers (iNOS, PAI-1 and Connexin43) were also analyzed. Compared to non-infected mice, cardiac tissue from infected mice showed significantly higher expression of IL-6 (

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ChemokinesCOVID-19InflammationMyocardiumAnimalsBiomarkersCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansImmunity, InnateMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88SARS-CoV-2Toll-Like Receptor 4BiomarkersChemokinesCytokinesMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Toll-Like Receptor 4cardiac inflammationhACE2 mousepost-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infectionpost-COVID

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