FROM MOLECULAR MECHANISMS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMMUNE, VASCULAR, AND FIBROTIC PROCESSES IN POST-COVID RHEUMATIC DISORDERS

Abstract

Translational medicine plays a pivotal role in converting fundamental biological discoveries into clinically meaningful applications, enabling the development of improved diagnostic tools, prognostic markers, and targeted therapies. In the post-COVID era, translational approaches have gained particular importance in rheumatology due to the persistent interplay between immune imbalance, endothelial damage, fibrotic signaling, and disrupted tissue metabolism following SARS-CoV-2 infection.