Diversifying online rheumatology education options in the era of COVID-19

Ahmed, Sakir; Zimba, Olena; Gasparyan, Armen Yuri

doi:10.1007/s10067-020-05468-8

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“…In fact, Von-Willebrand factor, which is released from endothelial cells upon activation, has been reported elevated in COVID-19 hospitalized patients compared with healthy controls [ 96 ]. This observation, in conjunction with other mechanisms such as hyper-viscosity, and complement activation might explain the coagulopathy present in COVID-19 [ 97 ].…”

Section: Ace2 Associations With Several Diseases and Covid-19mentioning

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ACE2: the molecular doorway to SARS-CoV-2

López-Léon²,

et al. 2020

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The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the host functional receptor for the new virus SARS-CoV-2 causing Coronavirus Disease 2019. ACE2 is expressed in 72 different cell types. Some factors that can affect the expression of the ACE2 are: sex, environment, comorbidities, medications (e.g. anti-hypertensives) and its interaction with other genes of the renin-angiotensin system and other pathways. Different factors can affect the risk of infection of SARS-CoV-2 and determine the severity of the symptoms. The ACE2 enzyme is a negative regulator of RAS expressed in various organ systems. It is with immunity, inflammation, increased coagulopathy, and cardiovascular disease. In this review, we describe the genetic and molecular functions of the ACE2 receptor and its relation with the physiological and pathological conditions to better understand how this receptor is involved in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. In addition, it reviews the different comorbidities that interact with SARS-CoV-2 in which also ACE2 plays an important role. It also describes the different factors that interact with the virus that have an influence in the expression and functional activities of the receptor. The goal is to provide the reader with an understanding of the complexity and importance of this receptor.

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Section: Ace2 Associations With Several Diseases and Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

ACE2: the molecular doorway to SARS-CoV-2

López-Léon²,

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“…Nonetheless, online learning is not free of challenges, in particular lack of mentor-mentee as well as trainee-patient emotional connection and the difficulty in assessing the acquired practical skills [81,82]. There is a growing risk of emotional failure between future rheumatologists and their patients.…”

Section: Covid-19 Pandemic Challenges the Training Of Future Rheumatologistsmentioning

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COVID-19 from a rheumatology perspective: bibliometric and altmetric analysis

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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak turned out the greatest pandemic for decades. It challenged enormously the global health system, forcing it to adjust to the new realities. We aimed to analyze articles covering COVID-19 papers in the rheumatological field and outline emerging topics raising within this frame. We applied the bibliometric database Scopus for our literature search and conducted it on the 5th of June using the following keywords: "rheumatic" OR "rheumatology" OR "rheumatoid arthritis" OR "systemic lupus erythematosus" OR "myositis" OR "systemic sclerosis" OR "vasculitis" OR "arthritis" OR "ankylosing spondylitis" AND "COVID-19". We analyzed all selected articles according to various aspects: type of document, authorship, journal, citations score, rheumatology field, country of origin, language, and keywords. With the help of the software tool VOSviewer version 1.6.15, we have built the visualizing network of authors and keywords co-occurrence. The measurement of the social impact of articles was made using Altmetric data. This study included 1430 retrieved articles with open access mostly. The top five journals in this field were Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (n = 65), Rheumatology International (n = 51), Clinical Rheumatology (n = 50), Lancet Rheumatology (n = 50), and Frontiers In Immunology (n = 33). Most studies originate from countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 among the general population (the USA-387; Italy-268; . Original Articles (42.1%) were the most common articles' type, following by Letters (24.4%), Reviews (21.7%), Notes (6%), Editorials (4.8%), Erratum (1%). According to the citations scores, articles dedicated to the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases were of the highest importance for the scientific rheumatologic community. Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 527), systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 393), vasculitis (n = 267), myositis (n = 71), systemic sclerosis (n = 68), and psoriatic arthritis (n = 68) were the most widely discussed rheumatic diseases in the view of COVID-19. The analysis of Altmetric and citations scores revealed a moderate correlation between them. This article provides a comprehensive bibliometric and altmetric analysis of COVID-19 related articles in the rheumatology field and summarizes data about features of rheumatology service in the time of the pandemic.

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Diversifying online rheumatology education options in the era of COVID-19

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

ACE2: the molecular doorway to SARS-CoV-2

ACE2: the molecular doorway to SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 from a rheumatology perspective: bibliometric and altmetric analysis

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