The U-shaped association of serum iron level with disease severity in adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that leads to severe respiratory failure (RF). It is known that host exposure to viral infection triggers an iron-lowering response to mitigate pathogenic load and tissue damage. However, the association between host iron...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Tojo, Yoh Sugawara, Yasufumi Oi, Fumihiro Ogawa, Takuma Higurashi, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Nobuyuki Miyata, Hajime Hayami, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Yoko Ishikawa, Ichiro Takeuchi, Natsuo Tachikawa, Takahisa Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92921-6