COVID-19 Cardiac Manifestations and Scent Perception Genes in Hearts of SARS-Cov-2 Infected Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Data

Authors

  • Davoud Roostaei 1. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran
  • Mojtaba Sohrabpour 2. Head and Neck Surgery, Fasa University of Medical Science, Fasa, Iran
  • Mohammad Sadegh Sanie Jahromi 3. Critical Care and Pain Management Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
  • Majid Vatankhah 4. Intensive Care Fellowship, Anesthesiology & Critical Care and Pain Management Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  • Aghdas Shadmehr 5. Jahrom University of Medical Science, Jahrom, Iran
  • Mohsen Ebrahimi 6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Vahid Mogharab 7. Department of Pediatrics, Jahrom University of Medical Science, Jahrom, Iran
  • Neema John Mehramiz 9. Department of Psychiatry Neurology. Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Mahdi Foroughian 6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Arman Hakemi
  • Navid Kalani 10. Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
  • Naser Hatami 8. Student Research Committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v10i.2250

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-Cov-2, Cardiac, Myocardial Infarction, Heart

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 induced cardiac events are reported by many papers, while psychophysiology of association of the COVID-19 and cardiac attacks are not fully understood yet. Materials and Methods: Here, we compared gene expression levels of heart autopsies of SARS-Cov-2 infected patients with the cardiac organoid model of human myocardial infarction and controlled healthy cardiac organoids to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Gene Ontology (GO) biological processes were enriched in DEGs. Results: Results showed that smell perception genes were down-regulated in SARS-COV2 compared to myocardial infarction samples; while showing upregulated genes related to the immune system process in contrast to control healthy heart organoids. Our results agree with theories of immune system reactions in COVID-19 infected patients’ hearts, while our analysis indicates different patterns of heart gene expression from myocardial infarction models. Conclusion: our study suggests that there may be other pathways involved in MI appearance in COVID-19 patients rather than classic is known atherosclerotic and inflammatory pathways. [GMJ.2021;10:e2250]

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2021-12-30

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