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ArticleFree radical biology & medicine2021

Upregulation of oxidative stress gene markers during SARS-COV-2 viral infection.

Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari, Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari, Bushra Mdkhana, Hawra Ali Hussain Alsayed, Habiba Alsafar, Zeyad Faoor Alrais, Qutayba Hamid, Rabih Halwani

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Article in Free radical biology & medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Narjes Saheb Sharif-AskariSharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-AskariSharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Bushra MdkhanaSharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Hawra Ali Hussain AlsayedPharmacy Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Habiba AlsafarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Zeyad Faoor AlraisAnaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Qutayba HamidDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Healthy Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Rabih HalwaniDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Celiac Disease Research Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: rhalwani@sharjah.ac.ae.
University of Sharjah · AEDubai Health Authority · AEKhalifa University of Science and Technology · AEKing Saud University · SAMcGill University Health Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe viral infections, including SARS-COV-2, could trigger disruption of the balance between pro-oxidant and antioxidant mediators; the magnitude of which could reflect the severity of infection and lung injury. Using publicly available COVID-19 transcriptomic datasets, we conducted an in-silico analyses to evaluate the expression levels of 125 oxidative stress genes, including 37 pro-oxidant genes, 32 oxidative-responsive genes, and 56 antioxidant genes. Seven oxidative stress genes were found to be upregulated in whole blood and lung autopsies (MPO, S100A8, S100A9, SRXN1, GCLM, SESN2, and TXN); these genes were higher in severe versus non-severe COVID-19 leucocytes. Oxidative genes were upregulated in inflammatory cells comprising macrophages and CD8

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansNuclear ProteinsOxidative StressSestrinsUp-RegulationNuclear ProteinsSESN2 protein, humanSestrinsAntioxidantBioinformaticsCalprotectinCOVID-19Lung autopsiesMyeloperoxidaseNeutrophilsOxidative stressPro-oxidantRespiratory viral infectionS100A8S100A9SalivaSARS-COV-2

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PMID34186206
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