Erschienen in:
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
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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]. …