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COVID-19: The Influence of ACE Genotype and ACE-I and ARBs on the Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Elderly Patients.
Clinical interventions in aging - 1 Jan 2020
Sieńko Jerzy, Kotowski Maciej, Bogacz Anna, Lechowicz Kacper, Drożdżal Sylwester, Rosik Jakub, Sietnicki Marek, Sieńko Magdalena, Kotfis Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
Since the beginning of 2020, the whole world has been struggling with the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The SARS-CoV-2 infection depends on ACE2, TMPRSS2, and CD147, which are expressed on host cells. Several studies suggest that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ACE2 might be a risk factor of COVID-19 infection. Genotypes affect ACE2...
Topics
- Aged
- Animals
- Betacoronavirus
- COVID-19
- Comorbidity
- Coronavirus Infections
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Pandemics
