Obesity: a critical risk factor in the COVID‐19 pandemic

S Kwok, S Adam, JH Ho, Z Iqbal, P Turkington… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is an emerging independent risk factor for susceptibility to and severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak

A Sansone, D Mollaioli, G Ciocca, E Limoncin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2, represents an
unprecedented challenge for healthcare. COVID-19 features a state of hyperinflammation …

Low testosterone levels predict clinical adverse outcomes in SARS‐CoV‐2 pneumonia patients

G Rastrelli, V Di Stasi, F Inglese, M Beccaria… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The pandemic of new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) due to
coronavirus (CoV) 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has stressed the importance of effective diagnostic and …

SARS-CoV-2 and male infertility: possible multifaceted pathology

S Dutta, P Sengupta - Reproductive Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health …

Commentary: Testosterone, a key hormone in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

P Pozzilli, A Lenzi - Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 2020 - metabolismjournal.com
Daily data show that entire population with SARS-CoV2 is 58% made of males [1–3]. The
difference in the number of cases reported by gender increases progressively in favor of …

The impact of sex and gender on immunotherapy outcomes

SL Klein, R Morgan - Biology of sex differences, 2020 - Springer
Immunotherapies are often used for the treatment, remission, and possible cure of
autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and cancers. Empirical evidence illustrates that …

“Mask up to keep it up”: Preliminary evidence of the association between erectile dysfunction and COVID‐19

A Sansone, D Mollaioli, G Ciocca, E Colonnello… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Erectile dysfunction (ED), as the hallmark of endothelial dysfunction, could be a
short‐or long‐term complication of COVID‐19. Additionally, being ED a clinical marker and …

Effect of COVID-19 on male reproductive system–a systematic review

Y He, J Wang, J Ren, Y Zhao, J Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2), a receptor for Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to enter host cells, is widely expressed …

Worse progression of COVID‐19 in men: is testosterone a key factor?

VA Giagulli, E Guastamacchia, T Magrone, E Jirillo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2)
disease 2019 (COVID‐19) seems to have a worse clinical course among infected men …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotection by dihydrotestosterone in LPS-induced neuroinflammation

L Yang, R Zhou, Y Tong, P Chen, Y Shen, S Miao… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microglia-induced neuroinflammation plays a vital role in the etiology and progression of
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and …