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- Amit Pal, Rosanna Squitti, Mario Picozza, Anil Pawar, Mauro Rongioletti, Atanu Kumar Dutta, Sibasish Sahoo, Kalyan Goswami, Praveen Sharma, and Rajendra Prasad.
- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Kalyani, West Bengal, 741245, India. maximus1134@gmail.com.
- Biol Trace Elem Res. 2021 Aug 1; 199 (8): 2882-2892.
AbstractCoronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to threaten patients, societies, and economic and healthcare systems around the world. Like many other diseases, the host immune system determines the progress of COVID-19 and fatality. Modulation of inflammatory response and cytokine production using immunonutrition is a novel concept that has been applied to other diseases as well. Zinc, one of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant micronutrient found in food with well-established role in immunity, is currently being used in some clinical trials against COVID-19. This review integrates the contemporary studies of role of zinc in antiviral immunity along with discussing its potential role against COVID-19, and ongoing COVID-19 clinical trials using zinc.
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