Use Stones from Another Mountain to Polish One’s Jade: Learn from MERS Studies toexplore potential mechanisms underlying the effect of diabetes mellitus on COVID-19

VernacularTitle: 他山之石，可以攻玉——借鉴MERS研究，开展糖尿病影响新型冠状病毒肺炎的机制探索
Author: Sijue YANG ¹ ; Haixia GUAN
Author Information

1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Endocrinology, the Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang110001, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Coronavirus; Coronavirus Disease 2019; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Diabetes mellitus; Mechanism
From: Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2020;36(0):E001-E001
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Epidemiology studies suggest that comorbid diabetes may have negative impact on the progression and severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which first occurred in Wuhan. However, the exact mechanism remains unclear. A recent study on another type of coronavirus infection, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), investigated its relationship with diabetes. This essay aims to give a brief introduction to this report and related studies, and to propose suggestions on what we can learn from these investigations to conduct further studies on the potential mechanisms underlying the effect of diabetes mellitus on COVID-19.