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The SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE-2, is expressed on many different cell types: implications for ACE-inhibitor- and angiotensin II receptor blocker-based cardiovascular therapies
SARS-CoV-2 is characterized by a spike protein allowing viral binding to the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-2, which acts as a viral receptor and is expressed on the surface of several pulmonary and extra-pulmonary cell types, including cardiac, renal, intestinal and endothelial cells. There is...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32430651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02364-6 |