Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 184-190Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.01.044
Keywords
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Sars-Cov-2; Disease severity; Oxidative stress
Funding
- National Council of Technological and Scientific Development-CNPq/Brazil
- Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel-CAPES/Brazil
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana
- Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul (BRDE), Brazil
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The study investigated the association between COVID-19 severity and oxidative stress parameters in 77 hospitalized patients. While severe patients with high serum leukocyte count and CRP level had longer hospital stays, there was no correlation found between oxidative stress parameters and disease severity. These results suggest that disease severity may not influence the redox profile changes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Several recent reviews have suggested a role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of COVID-19, but its interplay with disease severity has not been revealed yet. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the association between the severity of COVID-19 and oxidative stress parameters. Clinical data of 77 patients with COVID-19 admitted to the hospital were analyzed and divided into moderate (n = 44) and severe (n = 33) groups based on their clinical condition. Production of oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) and defense antioxidants (total antioxidant capacity, reduced and oxidized glutathione, glutathione s-transferase), and oxidative damage (malondialdehyde, carbonyl, and sulfhydryl) were assessed using the serum samples. The results revealed that severe patients who presented high serum leukocyte count and CRP level stayed for a longer period in the hospital. However, there was no correlation observed between the oxidative stress parameters and degree of COVID-19 severity in the present study. In conclusion, these results indicate that the disease severity may not be a detrimental factor contributing to the changes in the redox profile of hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
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