Article
Diabetes, obesity, metabolism, and SARS-CoV-2 infection: the end of the beginning.
Cell metabolism - 2 Mar 2021
Drucker Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
The increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors in people hospitalized with severe COVID-19 illness has engendered considerable interest in the metabolic aspects of SARS-CoV-2-induced pathophysiology. Here, I update concepts informing how metabolic disorders and their co-morbidities modify the susceptibility to, natural history, and potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection, with...
Topics
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
- Blood Glucose
- COVID-19
- Cholesterol
- Comorbidity
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glucose
- Heart Disease Risk Factors
- Humans
- Hyperglycemia
