Network Meta-analysis on the Mechanisms Underlying Alcohol Augmentation of COVID-19 Pathologies.
CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analyses demonstrate that EtOH exposure may augment SARS-CoV-2-induced inflammation by altering the activity of key inflammatory mediators. Medical records of COVID-19 patients are sparse for drinking history. Our findings suggest the importance to caution against alcohol consumption, which has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and facilitate further investigation into how alcohol exposure may affect viral infections.
PMID: 33583045 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - Category: Addiction Authors: Huang W, Zhou H, Hodgkinson C, Montero A, Goldman D, Chang SL Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research
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