A review of pears (Pyrus spp.), ancient functional food for modern times

SY Hong, E Lansky, SS Kang, M Yang - BMC Complementary Medicine …, 2021 - Springer
Background Pears have been world-widely used as a sweet and nutritious food and a folk
medicine for more than two millennia. Methods We conducted a review from ancient …

Add-on effect of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Du, L Shi, W Cao, B Zuo, A Zhou - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global pandemic
since its outbreak in Wuhan, China. It is an urgent task to prevent and treat COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Oral probiotics in coronavirus disease 2019: Connecting the gut–lung axis to viral pathogenesis, inflammation, secondary infection and clinical trials

P Baindara, R Chakraborty, ZM Holliday… - New microbes and new …, 2021 - Elsevier
Defined as helpful live bacteria that can provide medical advantages to the host when
administered in tolerable amounts, oral probiotics might be worth considering as a possible …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection

F Khamis, Z Memish, M Al Bahrani, S Al Dowaiki… - Journal of infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The severity and mortality from COVID-19 infection vary among populations.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of mortality among …

A review on the immune responses against novel emerging coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

R Lotfi, RN Kalmarzi, SA Roghani - Immunologic research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by a
newly identified coronavirus called the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 …

Is there a place for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapies in the therapeutic armamentarium against COVID-19?

KN da Silva, ALN Gobatto, ZSM Costa-Ferro… - Stem cell research & …, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the rapid global spread of the novel coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2), has caused healthcare systems to collapse and led to hundreds of …

Conceptions of the pathophysiology of happy hypoxemia in COVID-19

S Dhont, E Derom, E Van Braeckel, P Depuydt… - Respiratory …, 2021 - Springer
In their letter-to-the-editor entitled “Misconceptions of pathophysiology of happy hypoxemia
and implications for management of COVID-19”, Tobin et al.(Respir Res 21: 249, 2020) …

The COVID-19 pandemic—an epidemiological perspective

A Vilella, A Trilla - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a matter of great concern
worldwide. After the first wave, several countries, notably in the European Union, are …

[HTML][HTML] The snapshot of metabolic health in evaluating micronutrient status, the risk of infection and clinical outcome of COVID-19

D Tsoukalas, E Sarandi, S Georgaki - Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has re-established the significance of analyzing the organism through a
metabolic perspective to uncover the dynamic interconnections within the biological …

Core genes involved in the regulation of acute lung injury and their association with COVID-19 and tumor progression: A bioinformatics and experimental study

AV Sen'kova, IA Savin, EV Brenner, MA Zenkova… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a specific form of lung damage caused by different infectious and
non-infectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2, leading to severe respiratory and systemic …