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Adiponectin as a link between Obesity, Male Sex and BAME ethnicity and COVID mortality

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Grant number: C19-IUC-250

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Steve O'Rahilly

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Immunity

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Individuals with multimorbidity, Minority communities unspecified, Other

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Male, BAME and obese populations have lower adiponectin levels than other populations. This study will use biomarker, genomic and cellular studies to examine the association of adiponectin levels with COVID pathological progression due to the specific effects of this complex protein on suppressing inflammation in the lungs.