Factors involved in low susceptibility to COVID-19: An adaptation of high altitude inhabitants

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Oct:143:110068. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110068. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Authors

Celia Choquenaira-Quispe¹, Vanessa Saldaña-Bobadilla², J Kenedy Ramirez³

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
² Departamento de Farmacotecnia, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II s/n, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
³ Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II s/n, 13011 Trujillo, Peru. Electronic address: jramirezch@unitru.edu.pe.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Altitude*
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Disease Progression
Disease Susceptibility*
Humans
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / metabolism
Interleukin-6 / metabolism
Lung / physiology
Pandemics
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / metabolism
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Prognosis
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

HIF1A protein, human
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-6
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
ACE2 protein, human
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2