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Why blood group A individuals are at risk whereas blood group O individuals are protected from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection: A hypothesis regarding how the virus invades the human body via ABO(H) blood group-determining carbohydrates

While the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein is defined as the primary severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) receptor, the viral serine molecule might be mobilized by the host's transmembrane protease serine subtype 2 (TMPRSS2) enzyme from the viral spike (S)...

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Autor principal: Arend, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author. Published by Elsevier GmbH. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7609233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33706067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imbio.2020.152027