Androgen-driven COVID-19 infection - is testosterone an enemy or a friend?

Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig. 2020 Jun 29;41(2). doi: 10.1515/hmbci-2020-0027.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; androgen; testosterone; testosterone replacement therapy.

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / physiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / etiology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Serine Endopeptidases / physiology
  • Testosterone / physiology*

Substances

  • Testosterone
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
  • ACE2 protein, human
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • TMPRSS2 protein, human