Dysbalance of ACE2 levels - a possible cause for severe COVID‐19 outcome in COPD

• Main Authors: Elisabeth Fließer (Author), Anna Birnhuber (Author), Leigh M Marsh (Author), Elisabeth Gschwandtner (Author), Walter Klepetko (Author), Horst Olschewski (Author), Grazyna Kwapiszewska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) poses a serious threat to healthcare systems worldwide. Binding of the virus to angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an important step in the infection mechanism. However, it is unknown if ACE2 expression in patients with chr...