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    Laboratory parameters related to disease severity and physical performance after reconvalescence of acute COVID-19 infection

    Research into the molecular basis of disease trajectory and Long-COVID is important to get insights toward underlying pathophysiological processes. The objective of this study was to investigate inflammation-m...

    Mario Gietl, Francesco Burkert, Stefanie Hofer, Johanna M. Gostner in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Pulmonary recovery from COVID-19 in patients with metabolic diseases: a longitudinal prospective cohort study

    The severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is related to the presence of comorbidities including metabolic diseases. We herein present data from the longitudinal prospective CovILD trial, and investig...

    Thomas Sonnweber, Philipp Grubwieser, Alex Pizzini, Anna Boehm in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Quantity of IgG response to SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein predicts pulmonary recovery from COVID-19

    The CovILD study is a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study to systematically follow up patients after coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). We extensively evaluated 145 COVID-19 patients at 3 fo...

    Manfred Nairz, Sabina Sahanic, Alex Pizzini, Anna Böhm in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Overcoming limitations in the availability of swabs systems used for SARS-CoV-2 laboratory diagnostics

    The diagnosis of COVID-19 relies on the direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in respiratory specimens by RT-PCR. The pandemic spread of the disease caused an imbalance between demand and supply of materials and ...

    Manfred Nairz, Rosa Bellmann-Weiler, Miriam Ladstätter in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Defining a therapeutic range for regeneration of ischemic myocardium via shock waves

    Shockwave therapy (SWT) represents a promising regenerative treatment option for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Although no side-effects have been described upon SWT, potential cellular damage at thera...

    Leo Pölzl, Felix Nägele, Jakob Hirsch, Michael Graber in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Dietary lipids fuel GPX4-restricted enteritis resembling Crohn’s disease

    The increased incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become a global phenomenon that could be related to adoption of a Western life-style. Westernization of dietary habits is partly characterized by...

    Lisa Mayr, Felix Grabherr, Julian Schwärzler, Isabelle Reitmeier in Nature Communications (2020)