Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) in the Pathogenesis of ARDS in COVID-19
Seventeen years after the epidemic of SARS coronavirus, a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2-emerged resulting in an unprecedented pandemic. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an essential receptor for cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 as well as the SARS coronavirus. Despite many similarities to SARS coron...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.732690/full |