Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE1, ACE2) gene variants are associated with COVID19 severity depending on the hypertension status.
Juan Gómez, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Marta María García Clemente, Carlos López‐Larrea, Laura Amado‐Rodríguez, Inés López-Alonso, Tamara Hermida, Ana Isabel Enríquez-Rodríguez, Pablo Herrero, Santiago Melón, Marta Elena Álvarez‐Argüelles, José Antonio Boga, Susana Rojo‐Alba, Elías Cuesta‐Llavona, Victoria Álvarez, , Eliécer Coto
The paper investigates the association between ACE1 and ACE2 gene variants and COVID19 severity, finding that ACE1-DD genotype increases severity but only in individuals with hypertension.
Gene · Aug 31, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine