Obesity: a critical risk factor in the COVID‐19 pandemic

S Kwok, S Adam, JH Ho, Z Iqbal, P Turkington… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is an emerging independent risk factor for susceptibility to and severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Experience in multiple sclerosis patients with COVID-19 and disease-modifying therapies: a review of 873 published cases

N Möhn, FF Konen, R Pul, C Kleinschnitz… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is a
challenge for all participants in the healthcare system. At the beginning of the pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Anakinra in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia requiring oxygen therapy: Results of a prospective, open-label, interventional study

A Balkhair, I Al-Zakwani, M Al Busaidi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of anakinra in patients who were
admitted to hospital for severe COVID-19 pneumonia requiring oxygen therapy. Methods A …

Influenza infection, SARS, MERS and COVID-19: cytokine storm–the common denominator and the lessons to be learned

VA Ryabkova, LP Churilov, Y Shoenfeld - Clinical Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 reminds us that the emerging and reemerging respiratory virus
infections pose a continuing threat to human life. Cytokine storm syndromes of viral origin …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmunity as the comet tail of COVID-19 pandemic

R Talotta, E Robertson - World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can give rise to
different clinical manifestations that are directly related to viral tissue damage or indirectly …

Impact of COVID 19 on erectile function

DH Adeyemi, AF Odetayo, MA Hamed… - The Aging …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Purpose: COVID-19, a novel infection, presented with several complications,
including socioeconomical and reproductive health challenges such as erectile dysfunction …

Determinants of long COVID among adults hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection: A prospective cohort study

M Bellan, D Apostolo, A Albè, M Crevola… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rationale Factors associated with long-term sequelae emerging after the acute phase of
COVID-19 (so called “long COVID”) are unclear. Here, we aimed to identify risk factors for …

Outcomes of COVID‐19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a matched cohort study

MR Pereira, S Arcasoy, MA Farr… - Transplant Infectious …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Whether solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at increased risk of poor outcomes due
to COVID‐19 in comparison to the general population remains uncertain. In this study, we …

Glycyrrhizic acid and its hydrolyzed metabolite 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid as specific ligands for targeting nanosystems in the treatment of liver cancer

LA Stecanella, APR Bitencourt, GR Vaz, E Quarta… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glycyrrhizic acid and its hydrolyzed metabolite 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid, obtained from the
plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, have numerous pharmacological activities, such as anti …

[HTML][HTML] SOCS, intrinsic virulence factors, and treatment of COVID-19

HM Johnson, AS Lewin, CM Ahmed - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) family of intracellular checkpoint inhibitors has
received little recognition compared to other checkpoint inhibitors. Two members of this …