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metadata.artigo.dc.title: Lungs as target of COVID-19 infection: protective common molecular mechanisms of vitamin D and melatonin as a new potential synergistic treatment
metadata.artigo.dc.creator: Martín Giménez, Virna Margarita
Inserra, Felipe
Tajer, Carlos D.
Mariani, Javier
Ferder, León
Reiter, Russel J.
Manucha, Walter
metadata.artigo.dc.subject: COVID-19
Vitamin D
Melatonin
Inflammation
Oxidation
Renin-angiotensin system (RAS)
metadata.artigo.dc.publisher: Elsevier
metadata.artigo.dc.date.issued: Aug-2020
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.citation: MARTÍN GIMÉNEZ, V. M. et al. Lungs as target of COVID-19 infection: protective common molecular mechanisms of vitamin D and melatonin as a new potential synergistic treatment. Life Sciences, [S.l.], v. 254, Aug. 2020.
metadata.artigo.dc.description.abstract: COVID-19 pandemic has a high mortality rate and is affecting practically the entire world population. The leading cause of death is severe acute respiratory syndrome as a consequence of exacerbated inflammatory response accompanied by uncontrolled oxidative stress as well as the inflammatory reaction at the lung level. Until now, there is not a specific and definitive treatment for this pathology that worries the world population, especially the older adults who constitute the main risk group. In this context, it results in a particular interest in the evaluation of the efficacy of existing pharmacological agents that may be used for overcoming or attenuating the severity of this pulmonary complication that has ended the lives of many people worldwide. Vitamin D and melatonin could be good options for achieving this aim, taking into account that they have many shared underlying mechanisms that are able to modulate and control the immune adequately and oxidative response against COVID-19 infection, possibly even through a synergistic interaction. The renin-angiotensin system exaltation with consequent inflammatory response has a leading role in the physiopathology of COVID-19 infection; and it may be down-regulated by vitamin D and melatonin in many organs. Therefore, it is also essential to analyze this potential therapeutic association and their relation with RAS as part of this new approach.
metadata.artigo.dc.identifier.uri: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320520305579
http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/42189
metadata.artigo.dc.language: en_US
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