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Comment
. 2020 Oct;52(8):1422-1423.
doi: 10.1111/apt.16063.

Letter: ACE2, IBD and COVID-19-why IBD patients may be at reduced risk of COVID-19

Ralley E Prentice  1 , Doug Tjandra  1 , Mayur Garg  2 , John S Lubel  3 , Spiros Fourlanos  4 , Doug Johnson  5 , Aysha Al-Ani  1 , Britt Christensen  1
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Letter: ACE2, IBD and COVID-19-why IBD patients may be at reduced risk of COVID-19

Ralley E Prentice et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Oct.

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The renin‐angiotensin system pathway. 5 Am, aminopeptidase; AT1R angiotensin type 1 receptor; AT2R, angiotensin type 2 receptor; AT4R, angiotensin type 4 receptor; NEP, neutral endopeptidase; PPR, (pro)renin receptor; RAS, renin‐angiotensin system
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