Can estrogens protect against COVID-19? The COVID-19 puzzling and gender medicine

Minerva Ginecol. 2020 Jun;72(3):178-179. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4784.20.04594-3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Estrogens / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / genetics
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / metabolism
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2 / metabolism
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sex Factors

Substances

  • Estrogens
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
  • ACE2 protein, human
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2