Obesity and diabetes as comorbidities for COVID-19: Underlying mechanisms and the role of viral–bacterial interactions

Obesity and diabetes are established comorbidities for COVID-19. Adipose tissue demonstrates high expression of ACE2 which SARS- CoV-2 exploits to enter host cells. This makes adipose tissue a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 viruses and thus increases the integral viral load. Acute viral infection results...

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Autores principales: Kruglikov, Ilja L, Shah, Manasi, Scherer, Philipp E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32930095
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61330

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32930095
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61330

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