ArticleMolecular and cellular endocrinology2020
Irisin modulates genes associated with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outcome in human subcutaneous adipocytes cell culture.
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- Organokines in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Cells · 2023Pooled it
- FNDC4 and FNDC5 Attenuate SARS-CoV-2 S1-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Human Adipose Tissue.European journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Irisin attenuates SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells and cell damage in 2D and 3D cultures of human subcutaneous adipocytes.Endocrine connections · 2025Article
- Association of Serum Irisin With Severity and Prognosis in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Association of circulating muscle-derived myokines irisin and myostatin with COVID-19 severity.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- The silent predictors: exploring galectin-3 and Irisin's tale in severe COVID-19.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- The Significance of Selected Myokines in Predicting the Length of Rehabilitation of Patients after COVID-19 Infection.Biomedicines · 2024Article
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- Exercise mimetics: a novel strategy to combat neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Review
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- Long-term consequences of COVID-19 on mental health and the impact of a physically active lifestyle: a narrative review.Annals of general psychiatry · 2023Review
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- Adamalysins in COVID-19 - Potential mechanisms behind exacerbating the disease.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022Review
- Resistance Training before, during, and after COVID-19 Infection: What Have We Learned So Far?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The COVID-19-diabetes mellitus molecular tetrahedron.Molecular biology reports · 2022Review
- Too hard to die: Exercise training mediates specific and immediate SARS-CoV-2 protection.World journal of virology · 2022Review
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- Irisin at the crossroads of inter-organ communications: Challenge and implications.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Irisin, Exercise, and COVID-19.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Effects of High-Intensity Interval Vs. Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Body Composition and Gene Expression of ACE2, NLRP3, and FNDC5 in Obese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2022Article
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Abstract
Obesity patients are more susceptible to develop COVID-19 severe outcome due to the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in the viral infection. ACE2 is regulated in the human cells by different genes associated with increased (TLR3, HAT1, HDAC2, KDM5B, SIRT1, RAB1A, FURIN and ADAM10) or decreased (TRIB3) virus replication. RNA-seq data revealed 14857 genes expressed in human subcutaneous adipocytes, including genes mentioned above. Irisin treatment increased by 3-fold the levels of TRIB3 transcript and decreased the levels of other genes. The decrease in FURIN and ADAM10 expression enriched diverse biological processes, including extracellular structure organization. Our results, in human subcutaneous adipocytes cell culture, indicate a positive effect of irisin on the expression of multiple genes related to viral infection by SARS-CoV-2; furthermore, translatable for other tissues and organs targeted by the novel coronavirus and present, thus, promising approaches for the treatment of COVID-19 infection as therapeutic strategy to decrease ACE2 regulatory genes.
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