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Individual variation of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 gene expression and regulation.
Aging cell - 1 Jul 2020
Chen Jiawei, Jiang Quanlong, Xia Xian, Liu Kangping, Yu Zhengqing, Tao Wanyu, Gong Wenxuan, Han Jing-Dong J
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The COVID-19 coronavirus is now spreading worldwide. Its pathogen, SARS-CoV-2, has been shown to use angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as its host cell receptor, same as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003. Epidemiology studies found males although only slightly more likely to be infected than females account for the majority of the severely ill and fatality, which also bias...
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