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Do an Altered Gut Microbiota and an Associated Leaky Gut Affect COVID-19 Severity?

Authors
Kim, Heenam Stanley
Issue Date
1월-2021
Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Keywords
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; gut microbiota; gut barrier integrity; leaky gut
Citation
MBIO, v.12, no.1, pp.1 - 9
Indexed
SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
MBIO
Volume
12
Number
1
Start Page
1
End Page
9
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/50277
DOI
10.1128/mBio.03022-20
ISSN
2161-2129
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been declared a pandemic, has exhibited a wide range of severity worldwide. Although this global variation is largely affected by socio-medical situations in each country, there is also high individual-level variation attributable to elderliness and certain underlying medical conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. As both elderliness and the aforementioned chronic conditions are often associated with an altered gut microbiota, resulting in disrupted gut barrier integrity, and gut symptoms have consistently been associated with more severe illness in COVID-19 patients, it is possible that dysfunction of the gut as a whole influences COVID-19 severity. This article summarizes the accumulating evidence that supports the hypothesis that an altered gut microbiota and its associated leaky gut may contribute to the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms and occasionally to additional multiorgan complications that may lead to severe illness by allowing leakage of the causative coronavirus into the circulatory system.
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