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The role of host defences in Covid 19 and treatments thereof.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 29 Sept 2020
Dattilo Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a natural defence against the infections from enveloped RNA viruses and is likely involved also in Covid 19. It was already shown to inhibit growth and pathogenic mechanisms of a variety of enveloped RNA viruses and it was now found that circulating H2S is higher in Covid 19 survivors compared to fatal cases. H2S release is triggered by carbon monoxide (CO) from the catabolism of heme by...
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