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Comment
. 2020 Oct;92(10):1713-1714.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25774. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Coronavirus uses as binding site in humans angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 functional receptor that is involved in arterial blood pressure control and fibrotic response to damage and is a drug target in cardiovascular disease. Is this just a phylogenetic coincidence?

Michele M Ciulla  1
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Coronavirus uses as binding site in humans angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 functional receptor that is involved in arterial blood pressure control and fibrotic response to damage and is a drug target in cardiovascular disease. Is this just a phylogenetic coincidence?

Michele M Ciulla. J Med Virol. 2020 Oct.
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Internalisation of SARS‐CoV into an epithelial cell by using ACE2 as functional receptor. ACE1, angiotensin‐converting‐enzyme 1; ACE2, angiotensin‐converting‐enzyme 2; ANG I, angiotensin I; ANG II, angiotensin II; ANG 1–7, angiotensin from 1 to 7; AT1r, angiotensin receptor 1; AT2r, angiotensin receptor 2
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