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Clinical population genetic analysis of variants in the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2

2020-05-29 genetic and genomic medicine Title + abstract only
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PurposeSARS-CoV-2 infects cells via the human Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein. The genetic variation of ACE2 function and expression across populations is still poorly understood. This study aims at better understanding the genetic basis of COVID-19 outcomes by studying association between genetic variation in ACE2 and disease severity in the Iranian population. MethodsWe analyzed two large Iranian cohorts and several publicly available human population variant databases to ident...

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