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. 2020 Sep;159(3):1151-1154.e2.
doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.030. Epub 2020 May 12.

Age, Inflammation, and Disease Location Are Critical Determinants of Intestinal Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jan Krzysztof Nowak  1 , Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm  2 , Rahul Kalla  3 , Petr Ricanek  4 , Jonas Halfvarson  5 , Jack Satsangi  6
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Age, Inflammation, and Disease Location Are Critical Determinants of Intestinal Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jan Krzysztof Nowak et al. Gastroenterology. 2020 Sep.
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Keywords: ACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; CD, Crohn’s disease; CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2; TMPRSS2, transmembrane serine protease 2; UC, ulcerative colitis; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

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ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD); shown as log2(16+intensity). OSM – oncostatin M.
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