15-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase expression profile and their related modulators in COVID-19 infection

After the outbreak of COVID-19 infection, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection led to disability, hospitalization and death of a large number of people around the world [1]. This virus belongs to the Coronaviridae family that is a single-stranded RNA virus (positive-sense) and causes the spectrum of clinical manifestations in infected patients ranging from fever, cough, chest and body pain, myalgia, dyspnea, headache to mortality [2]. Adult male and elderly are more vulnerable to the disease, and cardiac, diabetic, and metabolic diseases are considered as main risk factors for this infection [3].

Source: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids - September 3, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Sara Kianfar, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Jahangirifard, Seyed Bashir Mirtajani, Mohammad Amin Vaezi, Jila Yavarian, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Masoumeh Tavakoli-Yaraki Tags: Original research article Source Type: research