Cancer and COVID-19: Why are cancer patients more susceptible to COVID-19?

S Sinha, CN Kundu - Medical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has engulfed the entire world and has claimed more than 3 million
lives worldwide. This viral disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition

P Pi, Z Zeng, L Zeng, B Han, X Bai, S Xu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
As the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) first broke out in Hubei Province, China, at the end of 2019. It has brought …

Sars-Cov-2 M protein facilitates malignant transformation of breast cancer cells

HNT Nguyen, M Kawahara, CK Vuong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread faster due to the emergence of SARS-
CoV-2 variants, which carry an increased risk of infecting patients with comorbidities, such …

The nexus of inflammation-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and lung cancer progression: a roadmap to pentacyclic triterpenoid-based therapies

KV Odarenko, MA Zenkova, AV Markov - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Its high mortality is
partly due to chronic inflammation that accompanies the disease and stimulates cancer …

COVID-19—The Shift of Homeostasis into Oncopathology or Chronic Fibrosis in Terms of Female Reproductive System Involvement

E Petersen, D Chudakova, D Erdyneeva… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus remains a global public
health concern due to the systemic nature of the infection and its long-term consequences …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular vesicles derived from SARS-CoV-2 M-protein-induced triple negative breast cancer cells promoted the ability of tissue stem cells supporting …

HNT Nguyen, CK Vuong, M Fukushige, M Usuda… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of worse outcomes in cancer patients,
including those with breast cancer. Our previous study reported that the SARS-CoV-2 …

In silico analysis of the key molecules of SARS-CoV-2: ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in head and neck cancer

V Mariappan, AR JeanPierre, PS Manoharan… - Human Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
It has been reported that cancer patients are more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection due
to their immunocompromised state. Although ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are essential for SARS …

Role of the Neanderthal Genome in Genetic Susceptibility to COVID-19: 3p21. 31 Locus in the Spotlight

M Yaghmouri, P Izadi - Biochemical Genetics, 2024 - Springer
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, genome-wide association studies have tried to discover
the role of genetic predisposition in the clinical variability of this viral infection. The findings …

An Integrated View of Virus-Triggered Cellular Plasticity Using Boolean Networks

JP Alfaro-García, MC Granados-Alzate… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Virus-related mortality and morbidity are due to cell/tissue damage caused by replicative
pressure and resource exhaustion, eg, HBV or HIV; exaggerated immune responses, eg …

Cancer and COVID-19: Why are cancer patients more susceptible to COVID-19?

S Saptarshi, CN Kundu - Medical Oncology, 2021 - search.proquest.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has engulfed the entire world and has claimed more than 3 million
lives worldwide. This viral disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome …