The new 2019 coronavirus 19 disease (CoVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a serious threat to health systems. As a global health problem, this pandemic poses a huge threat to people and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. On the other hand, obesity has also reached epidemic proportions and poses another challenge to the healthcare system. There is increasing evidence of a strong association between obesity and CoVID-19 disease, but the mechanisms underlying the link between the two remain unclear and the role of obesity also remains to be elucidated. In particular obesity-related low-grade inflammation has been hypothesized as the Achille's heel that could predispose subjects with obesity to a more severe CoVID-19 compared to subjects with normal weight. Hence, we summarized recent evidence on the role of low-grade inflammation in clinical aspects of CoVID-19 in subjects with obesity in both childhood and adulthood. Further, we provide molecular insights to explain this link.

Low-grade inflammation, CoVID-19, and obesity: clinical aspect and molecular insights in childhood and adulthood / Muscogiuri, Giovanna; Bettini, Silvia; Boschetti, Mara; Barrea, Luigi; Savastano, Silvia; Colao, Annamaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. - ISSN 1476-5497. - 46:7(2022), pp. 1254-1261. [10.1038/s41366-022-01111-5]

Low-grade inflammation, CoVID-19, and obesity: clinical aspect and molecular insights in childhood and adulthood

Muscogiuri, Giovanna;Barrea, Luigi;Savastano, Silvia;Colao, Annamaria
2022

Abstract

The new 2019 coronavirus 19 disease (CoVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a serious threat to health systems. As a global health problem, this pandemic poses a huge threat to people and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. On the other hand, obesity has also reached epidemic proportions and poses another challenge to the healthcare system. There is increasing evidence of a strong association between obesity and CoVID-19 disease, but the mechanisms underlying the link between the two remain unclear and the role of obesity also remains to be elucidated. In particular obesity-related low-grade inflammation has been hypothesized as the Achille's heel that could predispose subjects with obesity to a more severe CoVID-19 compared to subjects with normal weight. Hence, we summarized recent evidence on the role of low-grade inflammation in clinical aspects of CoVID-19 in subjects with obesity in both childhood and adulthood. Further, we provide molecular insights to explain this link.
2022
Low-grade inflammation, CoVID-19, and obesity: clinical aspect and molecular insights in childhood and adulthood / Muscogiuri, Giovanna; Bettini, Silvia; Boschetti, Mara; Barrea, Luigi; Savastano, Silvia; Colao, Annamaria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. - ISSN 1476-5497. - 46:7(2022), pp. 1254-1261. [10.1038/s41366-022-01111-5]
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