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ArticleCurrent research in microbial sciences2021

Evaluation of the susceptibility and fatality of lung cancer patients towards the COVID-19 infection: A systemic approach through analyzing the ACE2, CXCL10 and their co-expressed genes.

Tousif Bin Mahmood, Afrin Sultana Chowdhury, Mohammad Uzzal Hossain, Mehedee Hasan, Shagufta Mizan, Md Mezbah-Ul-Islam Aakil, Mohammad Imran Hossan

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Article in Current research in microbial sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tousif Bin MahmoodDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
Afrin Sultana ChowdhuryDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Uzzal HossainBioinformatics Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh.
Mehedee HasanDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
Shagufta MizanDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Md Mezbah-Ul-Islam AakilDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Imran HossanDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
Noakhali Science and Technology University · BDNational Institute of BiotechnologyUniversity of Chittagong · BD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a recent world pandemic disease that is caused by a newly discovered strain of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS- CoV-2). Patients with comorbidities are most vulnerable to this disease. Therefore, cancer patients are reported to be more susceptible to COVID-19 infection, particularly lung cancer patients. To evaluate the probable reasons behind the excessive susceptibility and fatality of lung cancer patients to COVID-19 infection, we targeted the two most crucial agents, Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and C-X-C motif 10 (CXCL10). ACE2 is a receptor protein that plays a vital role in the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the host cell and CXCL10 is a cytokine mainly responsible for the lung cell damage involving in a cytokine storm. By using the UALCAN and GEPIA2 databases, we observed that ACE2 and CXCL10 are mostly overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). We then identified the functional significance of ACE2 and CXCL10 in lung cancer development by determining the genetic alteration frequency in their amino acid sequences using the cBioPortal web portal. Lastly, we did the pathological assessment of targeted genes using the PANTHER database. Here, we found that ACE2 and CXCL10 along with their commonly co-expressed genes are involved respectively in the binding activity and immune responses in case of lung cancer and COVID-19 infection. Finally, based on this systemic analysis, we concluded that ACE2 and CXCL10 are two possible biomarkers responsible for the higher susceptibility and fatality of lung cancer patients towards the COVID-19.

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ACE2BiomarkerCOVID-19CXCL10Lung cancerSARS-CoV-2

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