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COVID-19 virus infects the liver, stimulating glucose production and aggravating the clinical picture

Publicado em 18 de maio de 2023
Research carried out at the University of São Paulo (USP) shows that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is capable of infecting liver cells (hepatocytes), stimulating the production of glucose and causing a condition similar to that of diabetes in hospitalized patients – even if they did not show changes in blood glucose levels before. The results of the study, published the day before yesterday (15/05) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [...]