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ArticleGene2021

The potential involvement of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in the COVID-19 infection assisted by ACE2.

Jing Luo, Saisai Lu, Mengjiao Yu, Lixia Zhu, Chengwei Zhu, Chenlu Li, Jinxia Fang, Xiaochun Zhu, Xiaobing Wang

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Article in Gene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing LuoRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Saisai LuRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Mengjiao YuRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Lixia ZhuRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Chengwei ZhuRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Chenlu LiRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jinxia FangRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Xiaochun ZhuRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Xiaobing WangRheumatology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. Electronic address: gale820907@163.com.
Wenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19, a novel identified coronavirus disease due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronaviruses 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection, has posed a significant threat to public health worldwide. It has been reported COVID-19 keeps substantial nucleotide similarity and shares common receptor, Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-Cov). Here, we investigated the gene expression of ACE2 and identified associated pathways of SARS-Cov as a useful reference for a deepening understanding of COVID-19. The results indicated the ACE2 was overexpressed in human airway epithelial cells (HAEs), especially at 72 h after SARS-Cov infection. We found ACE2 might regulate immune response through immunological activation-associated pathways in the process of in both SARS-Cov and SARS-Cov-2 infection, where the activation of B cells, macrophages, helper T cells 1 (Th1 cells) and the inhibition of Foxp3 + regulatory T (Treg) cells and CD8 + T cells were found to be prominent. Finally, significant correlation between ACE2 and JAK-STAT signaling pathway was identified which indicate that JAK-STAT signaling pathway might involve in the downstream action of the overactivation of ACE2. These findings are expected to gain a further insight into the action mechanism of COVID-19 infection and provide a promising target for designing effective therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Case-Control StudiesCOVID-19HumansJanus KinasesLungSignal TransductionSTAT Transcription FactorsTranscriptomeACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Janus KinasesSTAT Transcription FactorsACE2COVID-19Immune cellJAK-STAT signaling pathwaySignal-gene GSEA

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PMID33253796
PMCPMC7695578
OpenAlexW3107605179

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