Selenium Deficiency in COVID-19-A Possible Long-Lasting Toxic Relationship

Nutrients. 2022 Jan 11;14(2):283. doi: 10.3390/nu14020283.

Abstract

In the last two years, there has been a surge in the number of publications on the trace element selenium (Se) and selenocysteine-containing selenoproteins in human health, largely due to the pandemic and the multiple roles that this micronutrient and Se-dependent selenoproteins play in various aspects of the disease [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / blood*
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / etiology
  • COVID-19 / mortality
  • Humans
  • Nutritional Status
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Selenium / deficiency*
  • Selenocysteine / blood
  • Selenocysteine / deficiency
  • Selenoprotein P / blood*
  • Selenoproteins / blood
  • Selenoproteins / deficiency

Substances

  • SELENOP protein, human
  • Selenoprotein P
  • Selenoproteins
  • Selenocysteine
  • Selenium