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. 2020 Dec;44(12):2486-2488.
doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00670-9. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

Increased mortality of COVID-19 infected diabetes patients: role of furin proteases

Senthil Kumar Ganesan  1   2 , Purushothaman Venkatratnam  3 , Jaideep Mahendra  4 , Nalini Devarajan  5
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Increased mortality of COVID-19 infected diabetes patients: role of furin proteases

Senthil Kumar Ganesan et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Dec.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Furin cleaves the S1/S2 furin-like cleavage site in “S” protein if SARS COV2 virus and mediates viral entry into host cells.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Probable mechanism relating furin to increased mortality of COVID-19 infected diabetes patients.
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