[HTML][HTML] Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2—at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic

GY Oudit, K Wang, A Viveiros, MJ Kellner… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
ACE2 is the indispensable entry receptor for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, it has become one of the most therapeutically targeted human …

COVID‐19: immunopathology, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment options

LE van Eijk, M Binkhorst, AR Bourgonje… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), continues to spread globally despite the worldwide …

Therapeutic potential of colchicine in cardiovascular medicine: a pharmacological review

FS Zhang, QZ He, CH Qin, PJ Little, JP Weng… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2022 - nature.com
Colchicine is an ancient herbal drug derived from Colchicum autumnale. It was first used to
treat familial Mediterranean fever and gout. Based on its unique efficacy as an anti …

Hypertension, a moving target in COVID-19: current views and perspectives

C Savoia, M Volpe, R Kreutz - Circulation Research, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) associates with a considerable high rate of mortality and …

Plasma ACE2 activity is persistently elevated following SARS-CoV-2 infection: implications for COVID-19 pathogenesis and consequences

SK Patel, JA Juno, WS Lee, KM Wragg… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes persistent endothelial inflammation, lung,
cardiovascular, kidney and neurological complications, and thromboembolic phenomena of …

Plasma ACE2 predicts outcome of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients

TW Kragstrup, HS Singh, I Grundberg, ALL Nielsen… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aims Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) binds to angiotensin
converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) enabling entrance of the virus into cells and causing the …

Dysregulation of ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme)-2 and renin-angiotensin peptides in SARS-CoV-2 mediated mortality and end-organ injuries

K Wang, M Gheblawi, A Nikhanj, M Munan… - …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme)-2 as the target for SARS-CoV-2 also negatively
regulates the renin-angiotensin system. Pathological activation of ADAM17 (A disintegrin …

Low vitamin D levels predict outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with both severe and non-severe disease at hospitalization

L Di Filippo, M Uygur, M Locatelli, F Nannipieri, S Frara… - Endocrine, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Low vitamin D in COVID-19 have been related to worse outcomes. However, most
of the studies conducted so far were not-controlled and retrospective, including biases …

Precision medicine for cardiometabolic disease: a framework for clinical translation

PW Franks, WT Cefalu, J Dennis, JC Florez… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Cardiometabolic disease is a major threat to global health. Precision medicine has great
potential to help to reduce the burden of this common and complex disease cluster, and to …

ACE2 Shedding and the Role in COVID-19

J Wang, H Zhao, Y An - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a transmembrane glycoprotein, is an important
part of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). In the COVID-19 epidemic, it was found to be the …