Maintaining blood insulin levels within strict and healthy standards is a daily goal for diabetics, but now, researchers from Japan have found that regulating insulin levels in the blood may help reduce the risk of diabetes.Corona virus infection.
In a study published this month in news-medical’, researchers from Osaka University revealed that there is a protein called GRP78 The virus that causes COVID-19 helps attach to and enter cells.
Regulating sugar levels
This protein is found in adipose tissue (that is, fat), so the elderly, people with obesity and people with diabetes are more susceptible to infection with the Corona virus. While the reasons for this are still not entirely clear, the Osaka University team sheds some light on this problem.
Researchers have discovered that treatment with widely prescribed anti-diabetic drugs that successfully reduce insulin levels lowers the level of protein. .
The results indicate that a high level of insulin in the blood is an important risk factor that can predispose older, obese, and diabetic individuals to contracting COVID-19, and as such, controlling blood insulin through pharmacological or environmental interventions, such as exercise, can improve It helps reduce the risks of these patients.