Table 2.
Comorbidities, symptoms, and targets concerning SARS-CoV-2.
| S. No. | Disease | SARS-CoV-2 targets | Symptoms | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypertension | Upregulate ACE-2 expression | Increased blood pressure with pneumonia | [20] |
| 2 | COPD | Upregulate ACE-2 expression | Severe hypoxemia | [19] |
| 3 | CVD | Impaired immune system | Myocardial injury, heart attack | [12,29] |
| 4 | Liver diseases | ACE-2 expression in liver cells, i.e., cholangiocytes, endothelial cells hepatocytes, and Kupffer cells | Elevated serum aminotransferases | [31,32] |
| 5 | Malignancy | Impaired immune system | Adult respiratory distress syndrome | [32,49] |
| 6 | Asthma | Delayed innate antiviral immune response and delayed secretion of IFN-λ | Chronic respiratory diseases along with pneumonia-like symptoms | [22,56] |
| 7 | Renal diseases | Increase secretion of enzymes, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-2) | Acute kidney injury (AKI) | [40,52] |
| 8 | HIV | Antiretroviral therapy (ART) with the impaired immune system and ACE-2 receptor in the lungs | Pneumonia like symptoms with jaundice | [57] |
| 9 | Obesity | The abnormal secretions of cytokines, adipokines, and interferons | Chronic low-grade inflammation of abdominal obesity with effect on bronchi and lung parenchyma | [17,51] |
| 10 | Diabetes | ACE-2 expression, impaired T-cell function and increased interleukin-6 (IL-6) | Pneumonia like symptoms | [11,58] |