Are Dyskeratosis Congenita patients at higher risk of symptomatic COVID-19?

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Dyskeratosis Congenita (DC) is a rare and heterogeneous disease. This disorder is resulted from a defect in the telomere maintenance in stem cells. Telomerase RNA component, shelterin complex, and telomerase reverse transcriptase are mutated in this disease. Many studies have previously confirmed shorter leukocyte telomere length in DC. On the other hand, the association between telomere length and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) indicated that people with a short telomere background mostly show more severe symptoms related to COVID-19, and the mortality rate among them increases as well. Because patients with DC have an abnormally short telomere length, in the current study, we hypothesized that they are at higher risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 that requires further clinical care.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163

Enthalten in:

Medical hypotheses - 163(2022) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 110843

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Naghipoor, Karim [VerfasserIn]
Hozhabrpour, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Vahidnezhad, Hassan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BMF, Bone Marrow Failure
COVID-19
COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019
DC, Dyskeratosis Congenita
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Journal Article
TL, Telomere Length
Telomere Length

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Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mehy.2022.110843

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NLM339941138