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Low plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 level in diabetics increases the risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Patients with pre-existing chronic diseases are more susceptible to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), yet the underlying causes of increased risk are of infection remain unclear. Angiotensin-converting- enzyme 2 (ACE2), the cell surface receptor that recognizes the coronavirus spike protein has p...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yanliang, Sun, Yangyang, Liu, Kang, Alolga, Raphael N, Xu, Xueqiang, Feng, Ganzhu, Xiao, Pingxi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33962399
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.202967