Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050051, Hebei, China.
Hebei General Hospital, Graduate School of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;39(6):1021-1026. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03883-y. Epub 2020 Apr 13.
Since December 2019, the infection of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) caused an outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China, and caused great public concern. Both COVID-19 and SARS-CoV belong to the coronavirus family and both invade target cells through ACE2. An in-depth understanding of ACE2 and a series of physiological and physiological changes caused by the virus invading the human body may help to discover and explain the corresponding clinical phenomena and then deal with them timely. In addition, ACE2 is a potential therapeutic target. This article will summarize the role of ACE2 in multiple organ damage caused by COVID-19 and SARS-CoV, targeted blocking drugs against ACE2, and drugs that inhibit inflammation in order to provide the basis for subsequent related research, diagnosis and treatment, and drug development.
自 2019 年 12 月以来,新型冠状病毒(COVID-19)的感染在中国武汉引发了新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情,引起了公众的极大关注。COVID-19 和 SARS-CoV 都属于冠状病毒家族,均通过 ACE2 入侵靶细胞。深入了解 ACE2 以及病毒入侵人体引起的一系列生理和病理变化,可能有助于发现并解释相应的临床现象,进而及时处理。此外,ACE2 是一个有潜力的治疗靶点。本文将总结 ACE2 在 COVID-19 和 SARS-CoV 引起的多器官损伤中的作用、针对 ACE2 的靶向阻断药物以及抑制炎症的药物,以期为后续相关研究、诊断和治疗以及药物研发提供依据。