Explaining long COVID: a pioneer cross-sectional study supporting the endocrine hypothesis

T Ach, N Ben Haj Slama, A Gorchane… - Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context In some patients, symptoms may persist after COVID-19, defined as long COVID. Its
pathogenesis is still debated and many hypotheses have been raised. Objective Our primary …

The growing understanding of the Pituitary implication in the pathogenesis of long COVID-19 syndrome: a narrative review

A Taieb, BHS Nassim, G Asma, M Jabeur… - … in Respiratory Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Highlights What are the main findings? COVID-19 may lead to sequelae extending beyond
the acute phase of infection, characterized by fatigue and cognitive impairments, forming a …

Investigation of pituitary functions after acute coronavirus disease 2019

E Urhan, Z Karaca, GK Unuvar, K Gundogan… - Endocrine …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Abstract Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mainly involves the lungs, it also
affects many systems. The hypothalamic/pituitary axis is vulnerable to hypoxia …

Hormonal trends in patients suffering from long COVID symptoms

N Sunada, H Honda, Y Nakano, K Yamamoto… - Endocrine …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Symptoms of long COVID are complex and long-lasting, and endocrine dysfunction might be
involved in the underlying mechanisms. In this study, to clarify the hormonal characteristics …

Endocrine disorders and COVID-19

SH Oguz, BO Yildiz - Annual review of medicine, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The multifaceted interaction between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the
endocrine system has been a major area of scientific research over the past two years …

COVID-19 and the pituitary

S Frara, A Allora, L Castellino, L di Filippo, P Loli… - Pituitary, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite COVID-19 being identified as severe respiratory viral infection,
progressively many relevant endocrine manifestations have been reported greatly …

Alterations in cortisol and interleukin-6 secretion in patients with COVID-19 suggestive of neuroendocrine-immune adaptations

MP Yavropoulou, MG Filippa, A Mantzou, F Ntziora… - Endocrine, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The beneficial effect of glucocorticoids in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is
established, but whether adrenal cortisol secretion is impaired in COVID-19 is not fully …

Long-COVID, metabolic and endocrine disease

SR Bornstein, D Cozma, M Kamel… - Hormone and …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
In the aftermath of the corona pandemic, long-COVID or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome still
represents a great challenge, and this topic will continue to represent a significant health …

Spectrum of endocrine dysfunction and association with disease severity in patients with COVID-19: insights from a cross-sectional, observational study

L Das, P Dutta, R Walia, S Mukherjee, V Suri… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Evidence on new-onset endocrine dysfunction and identifying whether the
degree of this dysfunction is associated with the severity of disease in patients with COVID …

Endocrine and metabolic complications of COVID-19: lessons learned and future prospects

A Esmaeilzadeh, R Elahi… - Journal of …, 2022 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is well known for its respiratory complications;
however, it can also cause extrapulmonary manifestations, including cardiovascular …