Increased galanin-galanin receptor 1 signaling, inflammation, and insulin resistance are associated with affective symptoms and chronic fatigue syndrome due to long COVID
These results indicate that the CFS and affective symptoms that are linked to LC are the consequence of metabolic aberrations, activated immune-inflammatory pathways, and the severity of inflammation during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Authors
- Mutian Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-4611)
- Wasim Talib Mahdi Al Masoodi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3922-1655)
- Hussein Kadhem Al‐Hakeim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6143-5196)
- Habiba Khdair Abdalsada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-1295)
- Sami Waheed Radhi
- Michael Maes
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Medical University Plovdiv (BG)
- Kyung Hee University (KR)
- University of Kerbala (IQ)
- European College of Economics and Management (BG)
- University of Kufa (IQ)
- Al-Muthanna University (IQ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316373
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.90