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SARS-CoV-2 infection is circadian – News-Medical.Net

An international team of researchers has found that angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) levels in lung cells vary over the day, affecting severe acute respiratory…

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An international team of researchers has found that angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) levels in lung cells vary over the day, affecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The virus entry and replication in the lung cells also have a rhythmic cycle, suggesting circadian processes can affect the virus’s life cycle.
Circadian rhythms, the internal processes that control sleep-wake cycles in organisms, regulate how the organism responds to the environment….

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