Endothelial Extracellular Vesicles Enriched in microRNA-34a Predict New-Onset Diabetes in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: Novel Insights for Long COVID Metabolic Sequelae

  • Pasquale Mone
  • , Stanislovas S. Jankauskas
  • , Maria Virginia Manzi
  • , Jessica Gambardella
  • , Antonietta Coppola
  • , Urna Kansakar
  • , Raffaele Izzo
  • , Giuseppe Fiorentino
  • , Angela Lombardi
  • , Fahimeh Varzideh
  • , Daniela Sorriento
  • , Bruno Trimarco
  • , Gaetano Santulli

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Abstract

Emerging evidence indicates that the relationship between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and diabetes is 2-fold: 1) it is known that the presence of diabetes and other metabolic alterations poses a considerably high risk to develop a severe COVID-19; 2) patients who survived a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have an increased risk of developing new-onset diabetes. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are mostly unknown, and there are no reliable biomarkers to predict the development of new-onset diabetes. In the present study, we demonstrate that a specific microRNA (miR-34a) contained in circulating extracellular vesicles released by endothelial cells reliably predicts the risk of developing new-onset diabetes in COVID-19. This association was independent of age, sex, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking status, and D-dimer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)34-39
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Volume389
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology

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