Diabetes mellitus, energy metabolism, and COVID-19

C Conte, E Cipponeri, M Roden - Endocrine Reviews, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Obesity, diabetes mellitus (mostly type 2), and COVID-19 show mutual interactions because
they are not only risk factors for both acute and chronic COVID-19 manifestations, but also …

Micronutrients, Vitamin D, and Inflammatory Biomarkers in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Causal Inference Studies

Á Alcalá-Santiago, M Rodriguez-Barranco… - Nutrition …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Experimental and observational studies suggest that circulating micronutrients,
including vitamin D (VD), may increase COVID-19 risk and its associated outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Causal association and shared genetics between telomere length and COVID-19 outcomes: New evidence from the latest large-scale summary statistics

J Zhang, J Wen, Z Dai, H Zhang, N Zhang, R Lei… - Computational and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Observational studies suggested that leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is
shortened in COVID-19 patients. However, the genetic association and causality remained …

Mendelian randomization analysis identified tumor necrosis factor as being associated with severe COVID-19

H Song, N Lei, L Zeng, X Li, C Jiang, Q Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Observational studies have shown that anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy
may be beneficial for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Nevertheless …

Actionable targets to reduce COVID-19 severity

SL Au Yeung, S Luo, KO Kwok - Nature Metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying mechanistic pathways that link obesity with COVID-19 severity provides targets
for interventions to reduce the high risk of severe outcomes owing to obesity. The authors of …

Micronutrients, genetics and COVID-19

N Kotur, B Stankovic, S Pavlovic - Current Opinion in Clinical …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Since several micronutrients were included in the COVID-19 therapy protocols, research in
the field of nutrigenetics of micronutrients is in progress. Recent findings from MR studies …