UCF researcher examines the mechanisms of COVID-19 pathogenesis in patients with diabetes - Qoneqt
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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    21-Nov-2022 10:21 AM


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    UCF researcher examines the mechanisms of COVID-19 pathogenesis in patients with diabetes

    Can a COVID-19 infection have long-term health effects on people with diabetes, including advancing their risk for heart disease?
    College of Medicine researcher Dr. Dinender Singla believes that the genetic makeup of patients with diabetes or those predisposed to the disease makes them more prone to post-COVID inflammatory conditions that impact the heart and brain.
    We believe that COVID-19 can alter a person's genetic makeup which can enhance the proliferation of disease and cause further deterioration in diabetes and associated heart disease."
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    Download a copy today "Our goal is to look into whether there is a difference in blood composition or variations in cytokines – proteins that affect communications between cells – compared to the non-COVID diabetic patients," Dr. Singla said. "
    If any differences are noted, then we would need to examine what kind of diseases they could potentially cause or enhance in those patients."

    Source - news-medical.net