Assessment of serum ferritin as a biomarker in COVID-19: bystander or participant? Insights by comparison with other infectious and non-infectious diseases

K Kappert, A Jahić, R Tauber - Biomarkers, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus
has an impact on all aspects of patient care. Serum ferritin generally represents a biomarker …

Ferritin as a marker of severity in COVID-19 patients: a fatal correlation.

S Dahan, G Segal, I Katz, T Hellou, M Tietel… - The Israel Medical …, 2020 - europepmc.org
Background Ferritin, the cellular protein storage for iron, has emerged as a key molecule in
the immune system, orchestrating the cellular defense against inflammation. At the end of …

Serum ferritin as a predictive biomarker in COVID-19. A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis

K Kaushal, H Kaur, P Sarma, A Bhattacharyya… - Journal of critical …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Ferritin in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): a systematic review and meta‐analysis

L Cheng, H Li, L Li, C Liu, S Yan… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has rapidly developed into a
pandemic. Increased levels of ferritin due to cytokine storm and secondary hemophagocytic …

[HTML][HTML] Can ferritin levels predict the severity of illness in patients with COVID-19?

FT Bozkurt, M Tercan, G Patmano, TB Tanrıverdi… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether ferritin level can predict the severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been …

Ferritin–from iron, through inflammation and autoimmunity, to COVID-19

N Mahroum, A Alghory, Z Kiyak, A Alwani, R Seida… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While it took decades to arrive to a conclusion that ferritin is more than an indicator of iron
storage level, it took a short period of time through the COVID-19 pandemic to wonder what …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of serum ferritin for prediction of severity and mortality in COVID-19-A cross sectional study

S Ahmed, ZA Ahmed, I Siddiqui, NH Rashid… - Annals of medicine and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Ferritin even though widely recognized as a representative of total body iron
stores, its prognostic utility is linked with COVID-19. This study was aimed at evaluation of …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperferritinemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients–is ferritin the product of inflammation or a pathogenic mediator?

J Gómez-Pastora, M Weigand, J Kim, X Wu… - Clinica chimica acta; …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the first case of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified in
December 2019 in Wuhan (Hubei, China), the virus has continued to spread around the …

Ferritin as prognostic marker in COVID-19: the FerVid study

O Para, L Caruso, G Pestelli, F Tangianu… - Postgraduate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background In COVID-19 patients the progressive clinical deterioration seems secondary to
the activation of a cytokine storm. Ferritin is considered a direct mediator of the immune …

Could ferritin level be an indicator of COVID‐19 disease mortality?

S Tural Onur, S Altın, SN Sokucu, BI Fikri… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While the number of coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) cases is increasing day by day,
there is limited information known about the hematological and laboratory findings of the …