Al-Bari Md Abdul Alim, Hossain Showna, Zahan Md Kudrat-E
Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.
World J Radiol. 2021 Jan 28;13(1):1-18. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v13.i1.1.
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory tract infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global health emergency and a threat the entire world. The COVID-19 shows a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, severity, and fatality rates. Although the fatal outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic are evident in all age groups, the most devastating impact on the health consequences and death from COVID-19 are associated with older adults, especially older men. COVID-19 pandemic is affecting different countries in the world especially in the 65+ years age male group. In fact, several genes involved into the regulation of the immune system are strategically placed on the X-chromosome and trigger a gendered mediated antiviral fight. The aim of this study is to explore and exploit whether a relationship exists between male sex and COVID-19 mortality and the relationship is age dependent. Herein we discuss the possible role of physiological and immunological sex differences into the higher morbidity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 between females and males. Deciphering gender differences in COVID-19 offers a window into the principles of immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infection and this information on ageing dependent gender disparity might contribute to our current understanding of COVID-19 infection and disease treatment.
2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)引起的呼吸道感染,已成为全球卫生紧急事件并对全世界构成威胁。COVID-19表现出广泛的临床表现、严重程度和死亡率。尽管COVID-19大流行的致命后果在所有年龄组中都很明显,但对健康后果和COVID-19死亡影响最大的是老年人,尤其是老年男性。COVID-19大流行正在影响世界上不同国家,尤其是65岁及以上的男性群体。事实上,几个参与免疫系统调节的基因战略性地位于X染色体上,并引发性别介导的抗病毒斗争。本研究的目的是探索和利用男性与COVID-19死亡率之间是否存在关系,以及这种关系是否依赖于年龄。在此,我们讨论生理和免疫性别差异在SARS-CoV-2女性和男性之间较高发病率和死亡率中可能发挥的作用。解读COVID-19中的性别差异为了解抗SARS-CoV-2感染的免疫原理提供了一个窗口,而这种关于年龄依赖性性别差异的信息可能有助于我们目前对COVID-19感染和疾病治疗的理解。