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Iron Dyshomeostasis in COVID-19: Biomarkers Reveal a Functional Link to 5-Lipoxygenase Activation 2023

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IJMS | Free Full-Text | Iron Dyshomeostasis in COVID-19: Biomarkers Reveal a Functional Link to 5-Lipoxygenase Activation (mdpi.com)

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We identified significant changes in proteins involved in iron metabolism using different biochemical analyses, considering ceruloplasmin (Cp), transferrin (Tf), hemopexin (HPX), lipocalin 2 (LCN2), and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).

Moreover, our results show an activation of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) in COVID-19 and in long-COVID possibly through an iron-dependent post-translational mechanism.

Furthermore, this work defines leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and lipocalin 2 (LCN2) as possible markers of COVID-19 and long-COVID and suggests novel opportunities for prevention and treatment.
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Iron regulation has a complex interaction with covid, not fully understood.

For example, Hepcidin role in the covid is under investigation:

Biophysical Insight into the SARS-CoV2 Spike–ACE2 Interaction and Its Modulation by Hepcidin through a Multifaceted Computational Approach | ACS Omega
(international research)

Hepcidin, as often happens in pharmacology, while exerting a possible antagonist role in spike protein receptor binding (therapeutic effect), plays at the same time a crucial role in the iron balance of blood cells, and this implies any alteration of hepcidin concentration can result in a risk of blood clotting.

In a similar vein, the structural (and sequence) similarities of spike protein segments with hepcidin offer a possible explanation to COVID19 pathogenesis as well as to the rare thrombotic cases associated with vaccination.
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This author suggests Molecular mimicry of the Spike protein with Hepcidin is responsible for Covid Severity:

Iron dysregulation in COVID‐19 and reciprocal evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2: Natura nihil frustra facit - Gupta - 2022 - Journal of Cellular Biochemistry - Wiley Online Library
(USA)
 
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