Autor segons l'article: Lara, Pedro C.; Nguyen, Nam P.; Macias-Verde, David; Burgos-Burgos, Javier; Arenas, Meritxell; Zamagni, Alice; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Baumert, Brigitta G.; Motta, Micaela; Myint, Arthur Sun; Bonet, Marta; Popescu, Tiberiu; Te Vuong; Appalanaido, Gokula Kumar; Trigo, Lurdes; Karlsson, Ulf; Thariat, Juliette;
Departament: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
Autor/s de la URV: Arenas Prat, Meritxell
Paraules clau: X-rays Treatment Sars-cov 2 Roentgen therapy Ldrt Inflammation Infections Historical use Elderly
Resum: A cytokine storm induced by SARS-Cov2 may produce pneumonitis which may be fatal for older patients with underlying lung disease. Hyper-elevation of Interleukin1 (IL-1), Tumor necrosis factor-1alfa (TNF1 alfa), and Interleukin 6 (IL-6) produced by inflammatory macrophage M1 may damage the lung alveoli leading to severe pneumonitis, decreased oxygenation, and potential death despite artificial ventilation. Older patients may not be suitable candidates for pharmaceutical intervention targeting IL-1/6 blockade or artificial ventilation. Low dose total lung (LDTL) irradiation at a single dose of 50 cGy may stop this cytokine cascade, thus preventing, and/or reversing normal organs damage. This therapy has been proven in the past to be effective against pneumonitis of diverse etiology and could be used to prevent death of older infected patients. Thus, LDRT radiotherapy may be a cost-effective treatment for this frail patient population whom radiation - induced malignancy is not a concern because of their advanced age. This hypothesis should be tested in future prospective trials.
Àrees temàtiques: Psicología Pathology and forensic medicine Neurology (clinical) Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Geriatrics and gerontology Geriatrics & gerontology Educação física Ciências biológicas ii Cell biology
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Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: meritxell.arenas@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-0815-2570
Data d'alta del registre: 2023-02-19
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Referència a l'article segons font original: Aging And Disease. 11 (3): 489-493
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Lara, Pedro C.; Nguyen, Nam P.; Macias-Verde, David; Burgos-Burgos, Javier; Arenas, Meritxell; Zamagni, Alice; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Baumert, Brigitta G (2020). Whole-lung Low Dose Irradiation for SARS-Cov2 Induced Pneumonia in the Geriatric Population: An Old Effective Treatment for a New Disease? Recommendation of the International Geriatric Radiotherapy Group. Aging And Disease, 11(3), 489-493. DOI: 10.14336/AD.2020.0506
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2020
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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