Metabolic diseases are associated with a higher risk of a severer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) course, since fatty liver is commonly associated with metabolic disorders, fatty liver itself is considered as a major contributor to low-grade inflammation in obesity and diabetes. Recently a comprehensive term, metabolic (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), has been proposed. The hepatic inflammatory status observed in MAFLD patients is amplified in presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Intestinal dysbiosis is a powerful activator of inflammatory mediator production of liver macrophages. The intestinal microbiome plays a key role in MAFLD progression, which results in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis. Therefore, patients with metabolic disorders and COVID-19 can have a worse outcome of COVID-19. This literature review attempts to disentangle the mechanistic link of MAFLD from COVID-19 complexity and to improve knowledge on its pathophysiology.

Miele, L., Napodano, C., Cesario, A., De Magistris, A., Pocino, K., Basile, U., Rapaccini, G. L., Gasbarrini, A., Grieco, A., COVID-19, adaptative immune response and metabolic-associated liver disease, <<LIVER INTERNATIONAL>>, N/A; 41 (11): 2560-2577. [doi:10.1111/liv.15061] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/206298]

COVID-19, adaptative immune response and metabolic-associated liver disease

Miele, Luca
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Napodano, Cecilia;Cesario, Alfredo;Pocino, Krizia;Basile, Umberto;Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico;Gasbarrini, Antonio;Grieco, A.
2021

Abstract

Metabolic diseases are associated with a higher risk of a severer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) course, since fatty liver is commonly associated with metabolic disorders, fatty liver itself is considered as a major contributor to low-grade inflammation in obesity and diabetes. Recently a comprehensive term, metabolic (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), has been proposed. The hepatic inflammatory status observed in MAFLD patients is amplified in presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Intestinal dysbiosis is a powerful activator of inflammatory mediator production of liver macrophages. The intestinal microbiome plays a key role in MAFLD progression, which results in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis. Therefore, patients with metabolic disorders and COVID-19 can have a worse outcome of COVID-19. This literature review attempts to disentangle the mechanistic link of MAFLD from COVID-19 complexity and to improve knowledge on its pathophysiology.
2021
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Miele, L., Napodano, C., Cesario, A., De Magistris, A., Pocino, K., Basile, U., Rapaccini, G. L., Gasbarrini, A., Grieco, A., COVID-19, adaptative immune response and metabolic-associated liver disease, <<LIVER INTERNATIONAL>>, N/A; 41 (11): 2560-2577. [doi:10.1111/liv.15061] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/206298]
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