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Androgen-driven COVID-19 infection – is testosterone an enemy or a friend?
- Source :
- Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, Volume 41, Issue 2
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- “Androgen-driven COVID-19 pandemic theory” from Carlos Gustavo Wambier and coworkers [ 1 ], introduced the plausible role of androgen receptor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and proposed a theory why males seem to be more vulnerable to the disease and have higher mortality [ 6 ], which is very convincing. The physiological roles of TMPRSS2 are currently unknown, but its connection with the androgen receptor gains suspicions about the possible involvement in less good outcome of COVID-19 infection in men. Recently, a great deal of evidence has already suggested that a TMPRSS2...
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.drug_class
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Pneumonia, Viral
testosterone replacement therapy
androgen
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
urologic and male genital diseases
Betacoronavirus
Endocrinology
Pandemic
Humans
Medicine
Testosterone
Pandemics
Molecular Biology
biology
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Serine Endopeptidases
BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Basic Medical Sciences
COVID-19
Testosterone (patch)
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Androgen
Virology
testosterone
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Coronavirus Infections
business
BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Temeljne medicinske znanosti
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18681883 and 18681891
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, Volume 41, Issue 2
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....46e282c6865dc1976dbf0a15d0675728