Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells.

[2greys]

Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus to infect healthy cells, this may help to explain why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women.

The study, published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Monday), also found that heart failure patients taking drugs targeting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), did not have higher concentrations of ACE2 in their blood.

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The study:

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[mikeadams51]

Interesting

[watergazer]

Interesting 2greys x

[SORRELHIPPO]

Good to know that the drugs taken do not increase the concentrations of ACE2 in the blood. That had given me a few bad moments after some of the initial information out of China.