The current pandemic of COVID-19 caused thousands of deaths and healthcare professionals struggle to properly manage infected patients. This review summarizes information about SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding dynamics and intricacies, lung autopsy findings, immune response patterns, evidence-based explanations for the immune response, and COVID-19-associated hypercoagulability.
Keywords: ACE2; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; Hypercoagulability; Immunology; Pathology; SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.