In its wake, the COVID‐19 pandemic has ushered in a surge in the number of cases of
mucormycosis. Most cases are temporally linked to COVID‐19; hence, the entity is described …

Ferritin is a known inflammatory biomarker in COVID-19. However, many factors and co-
morbidities can confound the level of serum ferritin. This current metaanalysis evaluates …

The severe form of COVID-19 share several clinical and laboratory features with four entities
gathered under the term “hyperferritinemic syndromes” and including macrophage activation …

Iron overload is increasingly implicated as a contributor to the pathogenesis of COVID-19.
Indeed, several of the manifestations of COVID-19, such as inflammation, hypercoagulation …

Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC), usually referred to as 'Long COVID'(a phenotype of
COVID-19), is a relatively frequent consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, in which …

Ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) injury, initiated via bursts of reactive oxygen species produced
during the reoxygenation phase following hypoxia, is well known in a variety of acute …

Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile'environment: it lacks proliferating microbes.
Dormant or not-immediately-culturable forms are not absent, however, as intracellular …

Background The global burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), together with the
presence of cardiovascular risk in this population, is reaching pandemic levels. A prominent …

Aim Recently, with the second wave of COVID-19, the Indian subcontinent has witnessed a
dramatic rise in mucormycosis infection in patients recovered from COVID-19. This …

Erythrocytes (RBCs) are extremely sensitive cells, and although they do not have nuclei and
mitochondria, are important health indicators. This is particularly true because, during …