Pre-Existing Cytokine and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Increased Vascular Permeability in Diabetes: A Possible Fatal Link With Worst COVID-19 Infection Outcomes?

• Vaia Lambadiari,
• Foteini Kousathana,
• Athanasios Raptis,
• Konstantinos Katogiannis,
• Alexander Kokkinos,
• Ignatios Ikonomidis

Affiliations

Vaia Lambadiari

2ndDepartment of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Foteini Kousathana

2ndDepartment of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Athanasios Raptis

2ndDepartment of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Katogiannis

2ndCardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Alexander Kokkinos

1stDepartment of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, Diabetes Center, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Ignatios Ikonomidis

2ndCardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece