Elifcan Aladag, Zahit Tas, Bilgesu Safak Ozdemir, Tayfun Hilmi Akbaba, Meltem Gulsun Akpınar, Hakan Goker, Tugce Unalan-Altintop, Ahmet Cagkan Inkaya, Alpaslan Alp, Gokhan Metan, Ibrahim Celalettin Haznedaroglu, Banu Balci-Peynircioglu, Nilgun Sayinalp
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread rapidly worldwide since December 2019. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has a great affinity for the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptor, which is an essential element of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). This study is aimed at assessing the impact of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphisms, on the susceptibility and clinical outcomes of the COVID-19 immunoinflammatory syndrome...
2021: Journal of the Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone System: JRAAS