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Erschienen in: Endocrine 2/2022

16.01.2022 | Research Letter

Thyroid hormone treatment and SARS-CoV-2 infection

verfasst von: Efthymia Pappa, Pagona Gourna, Georgios Galatas, Asimina Romiou, Ifigeneia Kiki, Lemonia Panagiotou, Constantinos Christopoulos

Erschienen in: Endocrine | Ausgabe 2/2022

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It has recently been reported that the incidence of COVID-19 might be higher in people who are on thyroid hormone substitution treatment (THS) with levothyroxine [1]. The significance of such an association is obvious, given that levothyroxine is one of the most prescribed medications worldwide (currently the second most prescribed drug in the USA) [2]. Based on experimental evidence from animal models of coronavirus disease, it has been speculated that thyroid hormones propagate cellular internalization and replication of SARS-Cov-2 through interaction with plasma membrane integrins [3]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Thyroid hormone treatment and SARS-CoV-2 infection
verfasst von
Efthymia Pappa
Pagona Gourna
Georgios Galatas
Asimina Romiou
Ifigeneia Kiki
Lemonia Panagiotou
Constantinos Christopoulos
Publikationsdatum
16.01.2022
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Endocrine / Ausgabe 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1355-008X
Elektronische ISSN: 1559-0100
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-021-02957-x

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