COVID-19 transmission, current treatment, and future therapeutic strategies

VS Salian, JA Wright, PT Vedell, S Nair… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
At the stroke of the New Year 2020, COVID-19, a zoonotic disease that would turn into a
global pandemic, was identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Although unique in its …

COVID-19 and the elderly: insights into pathogenesis and clinical decision-making

F Perrotta, G Corbi, G Mazzeo, M Boccia… - Aging clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
The elderly may represent a specific cluster of high-risk patients for developing COVID-19
with rapidly progressive clinical deterioration. Indeed, in older individuals …

Severity and mortality of COVID 19 in patients with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis

B de Almeida-Pititto, PM Dualib, L Zajdenverg… - Diabetology & metabolic …, 2020 - Springer
Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of diabetes, hypertension,
cardiovascular disease and the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin …

Pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and complications of COVID-19

E Kordzadeh-Kermani, H Khalili… - Future microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Despite the similarities in the pathogenesis of the beta coronaviruses, the precise
infective mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 remain unclear. Objective: In this review, we aim to …

Obesity is associated with worse outcomes in COVID‐19: analysis of early data from New York City

K Hajifathalian, S Kumar, C Newberry, S Shah… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has triggered a rapidly
expanding global pandemic in which patients exhibit a wide spectrum of disease severity …

Obesity, malnutrition, and trace element deficiency in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview

D Fedele, A De Francesco, S Riso, A Collo - Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is currently facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which places
great pressure on health care systems and workers, often presents with severe clinical …

Two important controversial risk factors in SARS-CoV-2 infection: obesity and smoking

AB Engin, ED Engin, A Engin - Environmental toxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of obesity and smoking in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
remain controversial. Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a component of the renin …

COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection: an overview of case reports/case series and meta-analysis

W Song, J Zhao, Q Zhang, S Liu, X Zhu, Q An… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) are two major
infectious diseases posing significant public health threats, and their coinfection (aptly …

Comprehensive characterization of N-and O-glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 human receptor angiotensin converting enzyme 2

A Shajahan, S Archer-Hartmann, NT Supekar… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created the need for …

COVID-19 and hypertension: the what, the why, and the how

SA Muhamad, A Ugusman, J Kumar, D Skiba… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It has been a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared pandemic
and wreak havoc worldwide. Despite meticulous research has been done in this period …