Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators in COVID-19: A Possible Therapeutic Option?

Front Pharmacol. 2020 Jul 15:11:1085. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01085. eCollection 2020.

Alba Calderone¹, Francesco Menichetti², Ferruccio Santini^{1

2}, Luciano Colangelo^{2

3}, Ersilia Lucenteforte², Vincenzo Calderone⁴

¹ Obesity and Lipodystrophy Center, Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical, Internal, Anaesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antiviral; cytokine storm; estrogen receptor; selective estrogen receptor modulators.