Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1069324
Androgen-driven COVID-19 infection – is testosterone an enemy or a friend?
Androgen-driven COVID-19 infection – is testosterone an enemy or a friend? // Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, 41 (2020), 2; 20200027, 2 doi:10.1515/hmbci-2020-0027 (međunarodna recenzija, pismo, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Androgen-driven COVID-19 infection – is testosterone an enemy or a friend?
Autori
Grubić Kezele, Tanja
Izvornik
Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation (1868-1883) 41
(2020), 2;
20200027, 2
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
androgen ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; testosterone ; testosterone replacement therapy
Sažetak
“Androgen-driven COVID-19 pandemic theory” from Carlos Gustavo Wambier and coworkers [ 1 ], introduced the plausible role of androgen receptor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and proposed a theory why males seem to be more vulnerable to the disease and have higher mortality [ 6 ], which is very convincing. The physiological roles of TMPRSS2 are currently unknown, but its connection with the androgen receptor gains suspicions about the possible involvement in less good outcome of COVID-19 infection in men. Recently, a great deal of evidence has already suggested that a TMPRSS2...
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)
POVEZANOST RADA
Ustanove:
Medicinski fakultet, Rijeka,
Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka,
Sveučilište u Rijeci
Profili:
Tanja Grubić Kezele
(autor)
Citiraj ovu publikaciju:
Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Scopus
- MEDLINE
