March 31, 2020

Organ-protective Effect of Angiotension-converting Enzyme 2 and Its Effect on the Prognosis of COVID-19

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

• The authors describe the essential role of ACE2 in vascular and organ protection functions, and postulate that protein-based vaccine and drugs enhancing ACE2 activity may become one of the most promising approaches for the treatment of COVID-19.  

Cheng et al. (Mar 27, 2020). Organ-protective Effect of Angiotension-converting Enzyme 2 and Its Effect on the Prognosis of COVID-19. Journ of Medical Virology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmv.25785