Nasopharyngeal Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and Transmembrane Serine Protease 2 in Children within SARS-CoV-2-Infected Family Clusters

ABSTRACT Lower levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) in the nasal epithelium of children may be related to a lower incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, compared to adults. However, no direct evid...

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Hlavní autoři: Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, Muneera Naseer Ahmad, Soha Roger Dargham, Hatem Zayed, Alaa Al Hashemi, Nonhlanhla Ngwabi, Andres Perez Lopez, Simon Dobson, Laith Jamal Abu Raddad, Patrick Tang
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Edice:Microbiology Spectrum
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On-line přístup:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00783-21