The authors thank Professor Hai Rao, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, and Cindy Acon Chen, USA, for reviewing this manuscript.
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Backgrounds: Hepcidin has been identified as a systemic iron-regulatory hormone. Recent studies have suggested that iron metabolism disorders may be involved in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ dysfunction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Objectives: To re-evaluate the hepcidin-related iron metabolism parameters and explore the relationship between hepcidin-mediated iron dysmetabolism and COVID-19 severity. Methods: COVID-19 is classified as mild and moderate as non-severe, severe and critical as...
