Gnotobiotic Rats Reveal That Gut Microbiota Regulates Colonic mRNA of Ace2, the Receptor for SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity

Hypertension. 2020 Jul;76(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15360. Epub 2020 May 19.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Animals
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Betacoronavirus / physiology
  • COVID-19
  • Colitis* / metabolism
  • Colitis* / virology
  • Colon* / metabolism
  • Colon* / pathology
  • Colon* / virology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / metabolism
  • Coronavirus Infections* / pathology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
  • Correlation of Data
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Germ-Free Life
  • Pandemics*
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / metabolism*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / metabolism
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / pathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / physiopathology
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • Rats
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
  • Ace2 protein, rat
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2