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Editor, Senior Moderator
Obes Res Clin Pract
. 2021 Jan 19;S1871-403X(21)00004-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2021.01.004. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 severity in obese patients: Potential mechanisms and molecular targets for clinical intervention
Jiten R Sharma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umesh C S Yadav[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
With the global spread of SARS-CoV-2, millions of people have been affected leading to the declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the WHO. Several studies have linked the severity of COVID-19 cases and increased fatality in patients with obesity and other comorbid conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and kidney disease. Obesity, a metabolically deranged condition, establishes a low-grade chronic inflammation in the body, which affects different organs and promotes the development of several other diseases. The ways in which SARS-CoV-2 infection aggravates the already overloaded body organs with inflammation or vice versa has perplexed the researchers. As a result, there is an intensified search for the clear-cut mechanism to understand the link of obesity with the increased severity of COVID-19 in obese patients. In this article we have discussed various mechanisms linking obesity, inflammation, and COVID-19 to enhance the understanding of the disease process and help the clinicians and scientists develop potential cellular, molecular and metabolic targets for clinical intervention and management of COVID-19 severity in obese patients.
. 2021 Jan 19;S1871-403X(21)00004-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2021.01.004. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 severity in obese patients: Potential mechanisms and molecular targets for clinical intervention
Jiten R Sharma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umesh C S Yadav[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33509701
- DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2021.01.004
Abstract
With the global spread of SARS-CoV-2, millions of people have been affected leading to the declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the WHO. Several studies have linked the severity of COVID-19 cases and increased fatality in patients with obesity and other comorbid conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and kidney disease. Obesity, a metabolically deranged condition, establishes a low-grade chronic inflammation in the body, which affects different organs and promotes the development of several other diseases. The ways in which SARS-CoV-2 infection aggravates the already overloaded body organs with inflammation or vice versa has perplexed the researchers. As a result, there is an intensified search for the clear-cut mechanism to understand the link of obesity with the increased severity of COVID-19 in obese patients. In this article we have discussed various mechanisms linking obesity, inflammation, and COVID-19 to enhance the understanding of the disease process and help the clinicians and scientists develop potential cellular, molecular and metabolic targets for clinical intervention and management of COVID-19 severity in obese patients.