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Diabetes, obesity, metabolism, and SARS-CoV-2 infection: the end of the beginning.

Daniel J. Drucker
- 02 Mar 2021 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 3, pp 479-498
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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 as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Cell Metabolism.The article was published on 2021-03-02 and is currently open access. It has received 145 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diabetes mellitus.

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Comparing the B and T cell-mediated immune responses in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving mRNA or inactivated COVID-19 vaccines

TL;DR: T2D influences the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines depending on their platform, and provides a potential mechanism for the susceptibility of developing adverse outcomes observed in patients with T2D and received either CoronaVac or just one dose of BNT162b2.
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SARS-CoV-2 fires up inflammation in adipose tissue

TL;DR: In this article , the authors highlight how SARS-CoV-2 infects adipose tissue and promotes subclinical inflammation, which is an important risk factor for severe COVID-19.
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SARS-CoV-2 Nsp6 damages Drosophila heart and mouse cardiomyocytes through MGA/MAX complex-mediated increased glycolysis

TL;DR: In this article , the authors demonstrate interaction of virus Nsp6 with host proteins of the MGA/MAX complex (MGA, PCGF6 and TFDP1), which shifts the balance towards MYC/MAX and activates glycolysis-with similar findings in mouse cardiomyocytes.
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Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

TL;DR: In patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day mortality among those who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen alone at randomization but not among those receiving no respiratory support.
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