Angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (<scp>ACE2</scp>), <scp>SARS‐CoV</scp>‐2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (<scp>COVID</scp>‐19)

R. Bourgonje, Arno; Eman Abdulle, Amaal; Timens, Wim; Hillebrands, Jan‐Luuk; Navis, Gerjan; J. Gordijn, Sanne; C. Bolling, Maria; Dijkstra, Gerard; A. Voors, Adriaan; D. M. E. Osterhaus, Albert; H. J. van der Voort, Peter; J. Mulder, Douwe; van Goor, Harry

doi:10.1002/path.5471

Public

Angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), SARS‐CoV‐2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)

Published in The Journal of Pathology • May 17, 2020

Authors:

Arno R. Bourgonje

Amaal Eman Abdulle

Wim Timens

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has been established as the functional host receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the current devastating worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ACE2 is abundantly expressed in a...

Subject

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2

Pathophysiology

Disease

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!