Viral infiltration of pancreatic islets in patients with COVID-19

Steenblock, Charlotte; Richter, Stefanie; Berger, Ilona; Barovic, Marko; Schmid, Janine; Schubert, Undine; Jarzebska, Natalia; von Mäßenhausen, Anne; Linkermann, Andreas; Schürmann, Annette; Pablik, Jessica; Dienemann, Thomas; Evert, Katja; N. Rodionov, Roman; Yu. Semenova, N.; Zinserling, Vsevolod; R. Gainetdinov, Raul; Baretton, Gustavo; Lindemann, Dirk; Solimena, Michele; Ludwig, Barbara; R. Bornstein, Stefan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23886-3

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Viral infiltration of pancreatic islets in patients with COVID-19

Published in Nature Communications • Jun 10, 2021

Authors:

Charlotte Steenblock

Stefanie Richter

Ilona Berger

Abstract

Metabolic diseases are associated with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and conversely, new-onset hyperglycemia and complications of preexisting diabetes have been observed in COVID-19 patients. Here, we performed a comprehensive analysis of pancreatic autopsy tissue from COVID-19 patients using...

Subject

Infiltration (HVAC)

Pancreatic islets

Diabetes mellitus

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