Abstract
This study compares angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) gene expression, which has been associated with SARS-CoV-2 cell entry, in the nasal epithelium of children vs adults.
Publication types
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
- Asthma / epidemiology
- Betacoronavirus / physiology
- COVID-19
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coronavirus Infections / virology
- Female
- Gene Expression*
- Humans
- Linear Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasal Mucosa* / virology
- Pandemics
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / genetics*
- Pneumonia, Viral / virology
- Retrospective Studies
- SARS-CoV-2
- Sex Factors
- Virus Internalization
- Young Adult
Substances
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- ACE2 protein, human
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2