Silent hypoxia in COVID-19: a gut microbiota connection

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has triggered the COVID-19 pandemic. Several factors induce hypoxia in COVID-19. Despite being hypoxic, some SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals do not experience any respiratory distress, a phenomenon termed ‘silent (or happy) hypox...

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Autores principales: Gopal, Akshita B, Chakraborty, Soumyadeep, Padhan, Pratyush K, Barik, Alok, Dixit, Pragyesh, Chakraborty, Debashish, Poirah, Indrajit, Samal, Supriya, Sarkar, Arup, Bhattacharyya, Asima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8259044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34250324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cophys.2021.06.010
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Sumario:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has triggered the COVID-19 pandemic. Several factors induce hypoxia in COVID-19. Despite being hypoxic, some SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals do not experience any respiratory distress, a phenomenon termed ‘silent (or happy) hypoxia’. Prolonged undetected hypoxia could be dangerous, sometimes leading to death. A few studies attempted to unravel what causes silent hypoxia, however, the exact mechanisms are still elusive. Here, we aim to understand how SARS-CoV-2 causes silent hypoxia.

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