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. 2021 Feb 8;22(4):1705. doi: 10.3390/ijms22041705
COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019
SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
RAS renin-angiotensin system
ERAP endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase
ER endoplasmic reticulum
ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme
Ang angiotensin
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
AT1R Ang type I receptor
AT2R Ang type II receptor
AT4R Ang type IV receptor
MasR Mas receptor
MHC major histocompatibility complex
WHO World Health Organization
UTR untranslated region
NO nitric oxide
PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells
LPS lipopolysaccharide
TNFα tumor necrosis factor
IL interleukin
IFN interferon type I
ROS reactive oxygen species
SNPs single nucleotide polymorphisms
ALDO aldosterone
rhACE2 recombinant human ACE2
DPP4 dipeptidyl peptidase 4
LoF loss-of-function