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Comment
. 2022 Mar;84(3):418-467.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.12.011. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

The COVID-19 susceptibility of cancer patients might due to the high expression of SARS-CoV-2 required host factors

Geng Qin  1 , Jie Yang  1 , Chuanqi Zhao  1 , Jinsong Ren  1 , Xiaogang Qu  1
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The COVID-19 susceptibility of cancer patients might due to the high expression of SARS-CoV-2 required host factors

Geng Qin et al. J Infect. 2022 Mar.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig. 1. Heatmap showing the difference in the 37 SARS-CoV-2 required host factors expression between the primary tumor and the normal tissues of 31 cancer types fromGEPIA. Red (> 1.0) indicated up-regulation of factor expression in tumor tissues; Blue (< 1.0) indicated down-regulation of factor expression in tumor tissues; *P < 0.05.
Fig 2
Fig. 2
Correlation between the expression levels of 24 SARS-CoV-2 required host factors and tumor stage in human pan-cancer (GEPIA).
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  • Identification of Required Host Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Cells.
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