COVID-19: Are We Facing Secondary Pellagra Which Cannot Simply Be Cured by Vitamin B3?

COVID-19: Are We Facing Secondary Pellagra Which Cannot Simply Be Cured by Vitamin B3?

Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and ensuing inflammation pose a huge challenge to the host’s nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD<sup>+</sup>) metabolism. Humans depend on vitamin B3 for biosynthesis of NAD<sup>+</sup>, indispensable for many metabolic and NAD<sup>+<...

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Main Author: Renata Novak Kujundžić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NAD<sup>+</sup> salvage pathway
nicotinamide N-methyltransferase
aldehyde oxidase
obesity
diabetes
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/8/4309

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