COVID-19 can cause detrimental effects on health. Vaccines have helped in reducing
disease severity and transmission but their long-term effects on health and effectiveness …

Maintaining the correct number of healthy red blood cells (RBCs) is critical for proper
oxygenation of tissues throughout the body. Therefore, RBC homeostasis is a tightly …

The red blood cell distribution width (RDW), an indicator of anisocytosis has emerged as a
potential tool for risk stratification of critically ill patients with sepsis. Prognostic predictors are …

L-Dopa decarboxylase (DDC) is the most significantly co-expressed gene with ACE2, which
encodes for the SARS-CoV-2 receptor a ngiotensin-c onverting e nzyme 2 and the interferon …

Severe imbalance in iron metabolism among SARS-CoV-2 infected patients is prominent in
every symptomatic (mild, moderate to severe) clinical phase of COVID-19. Phase-I–Hypoxia …

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led
to an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. While SARS-CoV-2-associated COVID-19 …

Backgrounds Hepcidin has been identified as a systemic iron-regulatory hormone. Recent
studies have suggested that iron metabolism disorders may be involved in the pathogenesis …

In 2016, sepsis was newly defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a
dysregulated host response to infection. Sepsis remains one of the crucial medical problems …

Abstract SARS‐CoV‐2, the etiological agent of COVID-19, is devoid of any metabolic
capacity; therefore, it is critical for the viral pathogen to hijack host cellular metabolic …

The SARS-CoV-2 infection was previously associated with the expression of the dopamine
biosynthetic enzyme L-Dopa decarboxylase (DDC). Specifically, a negative correlation was …