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SARS-CoV-2 infection and obesity: Common inflammatory and metabolic aspects
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Backround and aims According to the World Obesity Federation, “obesity-related conditions seem to worsen the effect of Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2)”; additionally the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported that “people with heart disease and diabetes are at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 complications and that severe obesity poses a higher risk for severe illness”. Recent reports have shown elevated levels of cytokines due to increased inflammation in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease. On the other hand, obesity represents a state of low-grade inflammation, with various inflammatory products directly excreted by adipose tissue. In this concise report we aimed to assess common elements of obesity and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods Pubmed search on obesity and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results We present “mechanistic” obesity-related problems that aggravate SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as tentative inflammatory/metabolic links between these diseases. Conclusion Obesity and SARS-CoV-2 share common elements of the inflammatory process (and possibly also metabolic disturbances), exacerbating SARS-CoV-2 infection in the obese.
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- Authors
- Michalakis, K., & Ilias, I.
- Venue
- Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 469-471
- ISSN
- 1871-4021 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3017623551
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- 162
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 4.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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