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. 2023 May 16;10(5):32.
doi: 10.3390/medicines10050032.

Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC) to Manage Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Post-COVID-19 Health Crisis

Abdelaziz Ghanemi  1   2 , Mayumi Yoshioka  2 , Jonny St-Amand  1   2
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Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC) to Manage Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Post-COVID-19 Health Crisis

Abdelaziz Ghanemi et al. Medicines (Basel). .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had and will have impacts on public health and health system expenses. Indeed, not only it has led to high numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, but its consequences will remain even after the end of the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, therapeutic options are required to both tackle the COVID-19 crisis and manage its consequences during the post COVID-19 era. Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) is a biomolecule that is associated with various properties and functions that situate it as a candidate which may be used to prevent, treat and manage COVID-19 as well as the post-COVID-19-era health problems. This paper highlights how SPARC could be of such therapeutic use.

Keywords: coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); potential therapies; secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC).

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Properties of secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) as a potential therapeutic option to manage coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19)-related health consequences on various levels.
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