Impact of in Liver Disease Progression
Martinez, Miguel Angel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa)
Franco Cirera, Sandra (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut de Recerca de la Sida IrsiCaixa)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), which has infected millions of people worldwide in only a few months. A minority, but significant number, of infected individuals require hospitalization and intensive care. From the start of this new virus pandemic, it was apparent that obese and/or diabetic individuals had a bad prognosis for COVID-19 progression, strongly suggesting an association between liver disease and severe COVID-19. Because chronic liver disease (CLD) is associated with immune dysregulation and inflammation, it is unsurprising that patients with CLD may carry a greater risk of adverse outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Initial COVID-19 data have also indicated that healthy infected individuals display abnormal liver function tests, suggesting a possible direct implication of SARS-CoV-2 in liver damage. Here we show that COVID-19 affects the liver metabolism and increases the morbidity and mortality of individuals with underlying CLD.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2019-103955RB-100
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article de revisió ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Hepatology Communications, Vol. 5 No. 7 (may 2021) , p. 1138-1150, ISSN 2471-254X

DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1745
PMID: 34222744
PMID: 34533001

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