Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: a global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

BM Popkin, S Du, WD Green, MA Beck… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The linkage of individuals with obesity and COVID‐19 is controversial and lacks systematic
reviews. After a systematic search of the Chinese and English language literature on COVID …

An update on current therapeutic drugs treating COVID-19

R Wu, L Wang, HCD Kuo, A Shannar, R Peter… - Current pharmacology …, 2020 - Springer
The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has presented unprecedented …

An inflammatory cytokine signature predicts COVID-19 severity and survival

DM Del Valle, S Kim-Schulze, HH Huang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Several studies have revealed that the hyper-inflammatory response induced by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a major cause of disease …

Epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in IRAN: A single center study

M Nikpouraghdam, AJ Farahani, GH Alishiri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background An outbreak of COVID-19 in Iran has spread throughout the country. Identifying
the epidemiological characteristics of this disease will help to make appropriate decisions …

Transcriptomic characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in COVID-19 patients

Y Xiong, Y Liu, L Cao, D Wang, M Guo… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Circulating in China and 158 other countries and areas, the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak
has caused devastating mortality and posed a great threat to public health. However, efforts …

The novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) uses the SARS-coronavirus receptor ACE2 and the cellular protease TMPRSS2 for entry into target cells

M Hoffmann, H Kleine-Weber, N Krüger, M Müller… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The emergence of a novel, highly pathogenic coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, in China, and its
rapid national and international spread pose a global health emergency. Coronaviruses use …

Epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestation and diagnosis, prevention and control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak period: a scoping …

SP Adhikari, S Meng, YJ Wu, YP Mao, RX Ye… - Infectious diseases of …, 2020 - Springer
Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been identified as the cause of an
outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China beginning in December …

Prospects for a safe COVID-19 vaccine

BF Haynes, L Corey, P Fernandes, PB Gilbert… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Rapid development of an efficacious vaccine against the viral pathogen severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the coronavirus disease …

Cytokine release syndrome in severe COVID-19

JB Moore, CH June - Science, 2020 - science.org
In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome–
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was recognized to have emerged in Wuhan, China. Along …

Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV

LE Gralinski, VD Menachery - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The emergence of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has awakened the echoes of SARS-
CoV from nearly two decades ago. Yet, with technological advances and important lessons …