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SUBMITTER: Mardani R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455115 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mardani R R Alamdary A A Mousavi Nasab S D SD Gholami R R Ahmadi N N Gholami A A
Virus research 20200828
In late 2019, SARS-CoV-2 started to spread throughout the world causing the COVID-19 that has taken a considerable number of lives. Results obtained from several investigations have explained the virus origin, pathogenicity, and transmission. Similar to SARS coronavirus, the pulmonary angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2 was introduced as the virus receptor for entering the cell. An increased body of epidemiological and clinical evidences has shown modulating effects of vitamin D in lung injuri ...[more]