Risk factors of severe COVID-19: a review of host, viral and environmental factors

L Zsichla, V Müller - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, EBV, HHV-6 and other factors may contribute to inflammation and autoimmunity in long COVID

A Vojdani, E Vojdani, E Saidara, M Maes - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
A novel syndrome called long-haul COVID or long COVID is increasingly recognized in a
significant percentage of individuals within a few months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

Role of dietary fiber in promoting immune health—An EAACI position paper

C Venter, RW Meyer, M Greenhawt, I Pali‐Schöll… - Allergy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial metabolism of specific dietary components, such as fiber, contributes to the
sophisticated inter‐kingdom dialogue in the gut that maintains a stable environment with …

Gut microbiome immaturity and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

I Peppas, AM Ford, CL Furness, MF Greaves - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common cancer of childhood. Here, we
map emerging evidence suggesting that children with ALL at the time of diagnosis may have …

Robust cross-cohort gut microbiome associations with COVID-19 severity

J Li, TS Ghosh, R MacCann, P Mallon, C Hill… - Gut …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although many recent studies have examined associations between the gut microbiome and
COVID-19 disease severity in individual patient cohorts, questions remain on the robustness …

Multi-omics personalized network analyses highlight progressive disruption of central metabolism associated with COVID-19 severity

AT Ambikan, H Yang, S Krishnan, SS Akusjärvi… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
The clinical outcome and disease severity in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are
heterogeneous, and the progression or fatality of the disease cannot be explained by a …

Gut microbiota in COVID-19: new insights from inside

B Zhou, X Pang, J Wu, T Liu, B Wang, H Cao - Gut microbes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The epidemic of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has grown to be a global health threat.
Gastrointestinal symptoms are thought to be common clinical manifestations apart from a …

The epithelial barrier theory and its associated diseases

N Sun, I Ogulur, Y Mitamura, D Yazici, Y Pat, X Bu… - Allergy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of many chronic noncommunicable diseases has been steadily rising over
the past six decades. During this time, over 350,000 new chemical substances have been …

Nutrition in chronic inflammatory conditions: bypassing the mucosal block for micronutrients

F Roth‐Walter, R Berni Canani, L O'Mahony, D Peroni… - Allergy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nutritional Immunity is one of the most ancient innate immune responses, during which the
body can restrict nutrients availability to pathogens and restricts their uptake by the gut …

Immunomodulation by foods and microbes: unravelling the molecular tango

B Forde, L Yao, R Shaha, S Murphy, N Lunjani… - Allergy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolic health and immune function are intimately connected via diet and the microbiota.
Nearly 90% of all immune cells in the body are associated with the gastrointestinal tract and …