BRADYKININ CONTENT IN THE BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 AND DIABETES MELLITUS
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https://doi.org/10.15407/dopovidi2024.04.072Keywords:
coronavirus infection, bradykinin, diabetesAbstract
Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain the causes of acute respiratory syndrome resulting from coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection: the cytokine storm theory and the bradykinin storm theory. From the first perspective, elevated levels of cytokines, primarily interleukin-6, cause the multisystem pathologic manifestations of COVID-19, including acute lung injury and respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill patients. The bradykinin storm theory emphasizes the importance of decreased levels of angiotensin-converting enzymes in lung epithelial cells, resulting in an inability to cleave bradykinin and the bradykinin analog des-Arg9-BK. The aim of the work was a comparative study of bradykinin levels in the blood of patients with diabetes mellitus and patients with mild and severe forms of COVID-19. It was shown that bradykinin levels were significantly increased in patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes and COVID-19 showed a slight increase in bradykinin levels, which was not significantly different between diabetic patients and COVID-19 patients. In contrast, interleukin-6 was significantly increased in patients with diabetes and especially in patients with acute COVID-19.
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