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SUBMITTER: Roshanravan N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214324 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diabetes & metabolic syndrome 20200512 4
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health emergency that poses a significant threat to world people's health. This outbreak causes major challenges to healthcare systems. Given the lack of effective treatments or vaccine for it, the identification of novel and safe drugs against COVID-19 infection is an urgent need. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is not only an entry receptor of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, but also can protect from l ...[more]