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Comment
. 2020 Jul 16;56(1):2001560.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01560-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

Could the smoking gun in the fight against COVID-19 be the (rh)ACE-2?

Dhamend Lutchman  1
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Could the smoking gun in the fight against COVID-19 be the (rh)ACE-2?

Dhamend Lutchman. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Exogenous supplement of recombinant human (rh)ACE-2 might be a brilliant idea in the treatment of COVID-19. Soluble ACE-2 might impact viral spread, since binding to soluble receptor has been shown to block SARS-CoV-2 entry. https://bit.ly/3bsUKO2

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Conflict of interest: D. Lutchman has nothing to disclose.

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