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Current Drug Research Reviews

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ISSN (Print): 2589-9775
ISSN (Online): 2589-9783

Perspective

Neuroinflammation, Diabetes and COVID-19: Perspectives Coming from Ca2+/cAMP Signalling

Author(s): Leandro Bueno Bergantin*

Volume 14, Issue 1, 2022

Published on: 21 January, 2022

Page: [6 - 10] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/2589977514666211231141401

Abstract

A link between inflammatory diseases, e.g., epilepsy, dementia, diabetes, and COVID-19, has been established. For instance, observational studies involving several individuals reported that people with epilepsy show an enhanced incidence of manifesting dysfunctions related to cognition, e.g., dementia, while people with dementia have a higher incidence of manifesting epilepsy, thus an evident bidirectional relationship between epilepsy and dementia might occur. In addition, epilepsy commonly cooccurs in patients with diabetes, indicating an association between these two disorders. Intriguingly, some reports have also observed a poor prognosis of people with both diabetes and COVID-19. It is recognized that a dyshomeostasis of both Ca2+ and cAMP signalling pathways could be a molecular connection for these disorders. Therefore, clarifying this clinical relationship among epilepsy, dementia, diabetes, and COVID-19 may outcome in novel hypotheses for identifying the etiology of these disorders.

Keywords: Epilepsy, diabetes, dementia, Ca2+/CAMP signalling, Ca2+ channel blockers, pharmacotherapy, neurodegeneration, COVID-19.

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