Association of Complement and MAPK Activation With SARS-CoV-2-Associated Myocardial Inflammation.

Importance: Myocardial injury is a common feature of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the cardiac inflammatory processes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection are not completely understood.

Objective: To investigate the inflammatory cardiac phenotype associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with viral myocarditis, immune-mediated myocarditis, and noninflammatory cardiomyopathy by integrating histologic, transcriptomic, and proteomic profiling.

Differences in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers Between Patients With COVID-19-associated Myocardial Injury and Patients With Clinically Suspected Myocarditis.

Purpose: Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) has been shown to affect the myocardium, resulting in a worse clinical outcome. In this registry study, we aimed to identify differences in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) between COVID-19 and all-cause myocarditis.

Materials And Methods: We examined CMRI of patients with COVID-19 and elevated high-sensitivity serum troponin levels performed between March 31st and May 5th and compared them to CMRI of patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection with suspected myocarditis in the same time period.

Left and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with COVID-19-associated myocardial injury.

Purpose: SARS-COV-2 infection can develop into a multi-organ disease. Although pathophysiological mechanisms of COVID-19-associated myocardial injury have been studied throughout the pandemic course in 2019, its morphological characterisation is still unclear. With this study, we aimed to characterise echocardiographic patterns of ventricular function in patients with COVID-19-associated myocardial injury.

Myocardial Inflammation and Dysfunction in COVID-19-Associated Myocardial Injury.

Background: Myocardial injury, defined by elevated troponin levels, is associated with adverse outcome in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The frequency of cardiac injury remains highly uncertain and confounded in current publications; myocarditis is one of several mechanisms that have been proposed.

Methods: We prospectively assessed patients with myocardial injury hospitalized for COVID-19 using transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and endomyocardial biopsy.

Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor (MITF) Regulates Immune Cell Migration into Melanoma.

Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is a key transcription factor in melanoma development and progression. MITF amplification and downregulation have been observed in a significant proportion of melanoma patients and correlate with clinical outcomes. Here, we have investigated the effect of MITF on melanoma chemokine expression and immune cell attraction.