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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cells
. 2020 Jul 16;9(7):E1704.
doi: 10.3390/cells9071704.
The Yin and Yang of ACE/ACE2 Pathways: The Rationale for the Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors in COVID-19 Patients
Loris Zamai[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The article describes the rationale for inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) pathways as specific targets in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 in order to prevent positive feedback-loop mechanisms. Based purely on experimental studies in which RAS pathway inhibitors were administered in vivo to humans/rodents, a reasonable hypothesis of using inhibitors that block both ACE and ACE2 zinc metalloproteases and their downstream pathways in COVID-19 patients will be proposed. In particular, metal (zinc) chelators and renin inhibitors may work alone or in combination to inhibit the positive feedback loops (initially triggered by SARS-CoV-2 and subsequently sustained by hypoxia independently on viral trigger) as both arms of renin-angiotensin system are upregulated, leading to critical, advanced and untreatable stages of the disease.
Keywords: IL-10; Mas receptor; asthma; cardiac dysfunction; eosinophil; hypertension; hypoxia; lung fibrosis; renin-angiotensin system; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.
. 2020 Jul 16;9(7):E1704.
doi: 10.3390/cells9071704.
The Yin and Yang of ACE/ACE2 Pathways: The Rationale for the Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors in COVID-19 Patients
Loris Zamai[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32708755
- DOI: 10.3390/cells9071704
Abstract
The article describes the rationale for inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) pathways as specific targets in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 in order to prevent positive feedback-loop mechanisms. Based purely on experimental studies in which RAS pathway inhibitors were administered in vivo to humans/rodents, a reasonable hypothesis of using inhibitors that block both ACE and ACE2 zinc metalloproteases and their downstream pathways in COVID-19 patients will be proposed. In particular, metal (zinc) chelators and renin inhibitors may work alone or in combination to inhibit the positive feedback loops (initially triggered by SARS-CoV-2 and subsequently sustained by hypoxia independently on viral trigger) as both arms of renin-angiotensin system are upregulated, leading to critical, advanced and untreatable stages of the disease.
Keywords: IL-10; Mas receptor; asthma; cardiac dysfunction; eosinophil; hypertension; hypoxia; lung fibrosis; renin-angiotensin system; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.