Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and COVID-19 Susceptibility of Offspring: The “Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis” Connection

Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and COVID-19 Susceptibility of Offspring: The “Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis” Connection

There isaccumulating evidence suggesting that ACE2, the host cell receptor for the spike (S) protein of the SARS-CoV-2, mediates viral entry and infection, is under epigenetic control. Here, we discuss studies suggesting a nutritional strategy for down-regulating ACE2 expression i...

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Main Authors: Custer C. Deocaris, Malona V. Alinsug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Brawijaya 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Life Science
Subjects:
sars-cov-2
covid-19
ace2
maternal reprogramming
nutrition epigenomics
perinatal
plant-based diet
high-fat diet effects
thrifty phenotype hypothesis
Online Access:https://jtrolis.ub.ac.id/index.php/jtrolis/article/view/1501/pdf

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