Obesity and diabetes as high‐risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19)

Y Zhou, J Chi, W Lv, Y Wang - Diabetes/metabolism research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) has become an evolving
worldwide health crisis. With the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes has come an …

Coronavirus infections and type 2 diabetes—shared pathways with therapeutic implications

DJ Drucker - Endocrine reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Individuals with diabetes are at increased risk for bacterial, mycotic, parasitic, and
viral infections. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 (also referred to as …

[HTML][HTML] Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2—at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic

GY Oudit, K Wang, A Viveiros, MJ Kellner… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
ACE2 is the indispensable entry receptor for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, it has become one of the most therapeutically targeted human …

Neprilysin expression and functions in development, ageing and disease

NN Nalivaeva, IA Zhuravin, AJ Turner - Mechanisms of ageing and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neprilysin (NEP) is an integral membrane-bound metallopeptidase with a wide spectrum of
substrates and physiological functions. It plays an important role in proteolytic processes in …

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID‐19 in hospitalized patients with and without diabetes

A Al‐Salameh, JP Lanoix, Y Bennis… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly progressing
pandemic, with four million confirmed cases and 280 000 deaths at the time of writing. Some …

Obesity, diabetes and COVID-19: an infectious disease spreading from the east collides with the consequences of an unhealthy western lifestyle

JMP Holly, K Biernacka, N Maskell… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic of COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has had a global
impact not seen for an infectious disease for over a century. This acute pandemic has …

Diabetes Mellitus and COVID‐19: Associations and Possible Mechanisms

G Li, Z Chen, Z Lv, H Li, D Chang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a recently emerged disease with formidable
infectivity and high mortality. Emerging data suggest that diabetes is one of the most …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and COVID-19: patients, comorbidities, and therapies

G Pathangey, PP Fadadu… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) a pandemic, and the reality of the situation has finally caught up to the …

The dark side of the spoon-glucose, ketones and COVID-19: a possible role for ketogenic diet?

A Paoli, S Gorini, M Caprio - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2020 - Springer
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is posing a serious challenge to the health-care
systems worldwide, with an enormous impact on health conditions and loss of lives. Notably …

Dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals as potential interventions against viruses: Perspectives for COVID-19

MT Islam, C Quispe, M Martorell… - … Journal for Vitamin …, 2021 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing COVID-19 disease pandemic has infected
millions of people and caused more than thousands of deaths in many countries across the …