COVID-19 and Diabetes
A special issue of Diabetology (ISSN 2673-4540).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2021) | Viewed by 1131
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atherothrombosis and unstable atherosclerotic plaque; urine proteomics; micro-RNA for anti-atherosclerotic therapy; gut microbiome; single cell RNA-seq; animal model
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It has been nearly one year since the COVID-19 outbreak. With over 87 million infected and 1.8 million deaths worldwide, many countries are still in the grip of a public health emergency and are experiencing significant social disruptions and health care systems are under considerable strain. We now know that approximately 10% of patients with COVID-19 can suffer from "long-COVID" symptoms, which can manifest with headache, chronic fatigue, difficulty breathing, myalgia, and dysphonia that can last for 1 to 6 months. Significantly, it has emerged that patients with pre-existing health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension, are more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 infection. Indeed, patients with diabetes and COVID-19 infection have a 7.3% higher risk of death compared to those without diabetes. The high blood glucose level with constant systematic inflammation could attribute to the high-risk profile of COVID-19 mortality. Therefore, further research regarding the mechanistic links between diabetes and adverse COVID-19 clinical outcomes is of paramount importance.
Dr. Yung-Chih Chen
Dr. James McFadyen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- gestational diabetes
- hyperglycemia
- insulin resistance
- renal failure
- clinical management
- pathogenesis
- chronic inflammation
- angiotensin receptor
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