{"title":"The ACE2 COVID-19 target in Alzheimer’s disease","authors":"Daniela A Gutiérrez","doi":"10.34297/ajbsr.2021.14.001951","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins target the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors localized mainly in the lungs. Recent studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 also targets the CNS neurons and glial cells, triggering a cytokine immune-inflammatory response, compromising the blood-brain barrier, and ultimately causing neuronal death [1,2]. Thus, neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are a particular comorbidity for COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":93072,"journal":{"name":"American journal of biomedical science & research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American journal of biomedical science & research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.34297/ajbsr.2021.14.001951","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins target the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors localized mainly in the lungs. Recent studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 also targets the CNS neurons and glial cells, triggering a cytokine immune-inflammatory response, compromising the blood-brain barrier, and ultimately causing neuronal death [1,2]. Thus, neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are a particular comorbidity for COVID-19.
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