Endometriosis and susceptibility to COVID-19 infection: a floating river without blanks?

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This opinion piece questions whether endometriosis influences COVID-19 susceptibility by reviewing recent literature on the topic.

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This short article is commentary/brief communication discussing the topic of whether people with endometriosis have altered susceptibility to COVID-19, framed as a critical review of existing evidence rather than presenting original study data. It references prior case-control work on COVID-19 susceptibility in endometriosis and situates the discussion within related molecular research on non-coding RNAs and microRNAs proposed to be involved in both endometriosis and COVID-19. The paper’s limitation is that it does not provide new empirical results, and instead relies on the scope and quality of referenced studies. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on the evidence linking endometriosis to susceptibility to COVID-19 infection.

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Data availability Not applicable. References Barretta M, Savasta F, Pietropaolo G et al (2022) COVID-19 susceptibility in endometriosis patients: a case control study. Am J Reprod Immunol 88(4):e13602 Ghafouri-Fard S, Shoorei H, Taheri M (2020) Role of non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Front Oncol 10:1370 Liu S, Gao S, Wang XY, Wang DB (2012) Expression of miR-126 and Crk in endometriosis: miR-126 may affect the progression of endometriosis by regulating Crk expression. Arch Gynecol Obstet 285(4):1065–1072 Visacri MB, Nicoletti AS, Pincinato EC et al (2021) Role of miRNAs as biomarkers of COVID-19: a scoping review of the status and future directions for research in this field. Biomark Med 15(18):1785–1795 Keikha R, Hashemi-Shahri SM, Jebali A (2021) The relative expression of miR-31, miR-29, miR-126, and miR-17 and their mRNA targets in the serum of COVID-19 patients with different grades during hospitalization. Eur J Med Res 26(1):75 Funding The authors have not disclosed any funding. Author information Authors and Affiliations Contributions MR: protocol/project development, data collection or management, data analysis, and manuscript writing/editing. Corresponding author Ethics declarations Conflict of interest The authors have not disclosed any competing interests. Additional information Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Rights and permissions About this article Cite this article Mormile, R. Endometriosis and susceptibility to COVID-19 infection: a floating river without blanks?. Arch Gynecol Obstet 309, 1695–1696 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07337-6 Received: Accepted: Published: Version of record: Issue date: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07337-6

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