A glucose-COVID-19 hypothesis

Published: 28 July 2021
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In normal conditions, the lungs have the necessary immune defense to contain SARS-CoV-2 and avoid spread of the infection. If elevated, glucose impairs this primary defense system making ideal conditions for the SARS-CoV-2 to invade the pulmonary cells and spread into the rest of the body.

Digital reconstruction using Blue Brain BioExplorer (https://portal.bluebrain.epfl.ch/reso....

Blue Brain Paper - A machine-generated view of the role of Blood Glucose Levels in the severity of COVID-19 published by Frontiers in Public Health. (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...)


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