Many countries have seen a two-wave pattern in reported cases of coronavirus disease-19
during the 2020 pandemic, with a first wave during spring followed by the current second …

Iron-related insulin-resistance is improved by iron depletion or treatment with iron chelators.
The aim of this study was to evaluate insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion after blood …

Abstract The paraoxonases (PON1, PON2 and PON3) are an enzyme family with a high
structural homology. All of them have lactonase activity and degrade lipid peroxides in …

Omentin is a novel soluble lectin expressed mainly in the stromal‐vascular cells from
visceral adipose tissue with vasodilator effect in isolated blood vessels. To gain insight in the …

Context: Levels of TSH respond to fluctuations in serum free T4 (fT4) but remain in a very
narrow individual range. There exists current controversy regarding the upper limit of normal …

OBJECTIVE—Interleukin (IL)-6 is a proinflammatory cytokine that is implicated in the
pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. Both endothelial dysfunction and …

Background Lipids are involved in the interaction between viral infection and the host
metabolic and immunological responses. Several studies comparing the lipidome of COVID …

Spain is one of the countries that has suffered the most from the impact of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the strain that causes coronavirus …

OBJECTIVE—Adiponectin has been proposed to play important roles in the regulation of
energy homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. In experimental studies, adiponectin has also …

OBJECTIVE—In a recent study, iron chelation with deferoxamine led to improvement of
endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. We tested the hypothesis …