Article
Differential expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Nasal Tissue of Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
2021-02-03
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) became a pandemic and a global health emergency. The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is highly expressed in nasal epithelial cells and plays a major role in cellular entry leading to infection. High expression of ACE2 has been suggested to be a potential risk factor for viru...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 020cdd10-912b-5403-811e-aad850ed1d07
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.02.01.21250623
