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ArticleVascular pharmacology2022

Assessment of ACE1 variants and ACE1/ACE2 expression in COVID-19 patients.

Mohammadarian Akbari, Mohammad Taheri, Golbarg Mehrpoor, Solat Eslami, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Noormohammad Arefian

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Article in Vascular pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohammadarian AkbariUrology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad TaheriInstitute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, 07740 Jena, Germany.
Golbarg MehrpoorDepartment of Internal Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Solat EslamiDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran; Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Bashdar Mahmud HussenDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Soudeh Ghafouri-FardDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir.
Noormohammad ArefianSkull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: narefian@yahoo.com.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRAlborz University of Medical SciencesHawler Medical University · IQJahrom University of Medical Sciences · IRJena University Hospital · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contribution of the renin-angiotensinogen system in the risk of COVID-19 and related complications have been assessed by several groups. However, the results are not consistent. We examined levels of ACE1 and ACE2 in the circulation of two groups of COVID-19 patients (ICU-admitted and general ward-admitted patients) compared with healthy controls. We also genotyped two polymorphisms in ACE1 gene (the ACE1-I/D polymorphism rs1799752 and rs4359) to appraise their association with expression levels of ACE1 and ACE2. Expression level of ACE1 was significantly higher in ICU patients compared with non-ICU patients (P value = 0.02). However, its expression was not significantly different between total COVID-19 patients and total controls (P value = 0.34). ACE2 expression was not different ether between two groups of COVID-19 patients (P value = 0.12) or between total COVID-19 patients and total controls (P value = 0.79). While distribution of rs1799752 and rs4359 alleles was similar between study groups, genotype frequencies of rs1799752 were differently distributed among total COVID-19 patients and controls (P value = 0.00001). Moreover, genotypes of the other polymorphism tended to be distinctively distributed among these two groups (P value = 0.06). In the total population of patients and controls, different ACE1 mRNA levels were observed among carriers of different rs1799752 genotypes; of note, ID genotype carriers showed a higher expression of ACE1 compared with II genotype carriers (P = 0.01). ACE1 polymorphisms might affect risk of COVID-19 and expression of ACE transcripts.

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2COVID-19GenotypeHumansPeptidyl-Dipeptidase APolymorphism, GeneticSARS-CoV-2ACE2 protein, humanACE protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Peptidyl-Dipeptidase AACE1ACE2COVID-19Expression

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