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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2020

Is Sex a Determinant of COVID-19 Infection? Truth or Myth?

Leanne Groban, Hao Wang, Xuming Sun, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Carlos M Ferrario

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. DISCOVID: discovering patterns of COVID-19 infection from recovered patients: a case study in Saudi Arabia.International journal of information technology : an official journal of Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management · 2022
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  7. COVID-19 in Africa: an ovarian victory?Journal of ovarian research · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leanne GrobanAnesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA. lgroban@wakehealth.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-7358
Hao WangAnesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Xuming SunAnesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Sarfaraz AhmadSurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Carlos M FerrarioSurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Vaso-Hormonal Mechanisms in HypertensionP01HL051952 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FERRARIO, CARLOS M · 1994 to 2019
$34.8M
Interplay Between Estrogen, GPR30 and Chymase/RAS in Diastolic FunctionR01AG033727 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GROBAN, LEANNE · 2009 to 2017
$2.8M
Effects of cell-based hormone therapy on LV diastolic dysfunction and hypertrophy progression after mid-life estrogen lossR21AG061588 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GROBAN, LEANNE, OPARA, EMMANUEL C. · 2019 to 2020
$436k
The conditional GPR30 knockout mouse: a model of female-specific cardiac agingR03AG042758 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GROBAN, LEANNE · 2012 to 2013
$144k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL051952NHLBI NIH HHS P01HL051952NIA NIH HHS R01AG022727NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033727NIA NIH HHS R03 AG042758NIA NIH HHS R21 AG061588NIA NIH HHS R21AG061588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAngiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a specific high-affinity angiotensin II-hydrolytic enzyme, is the vector that facilitates cellular entry of SARS-CoV-1 and the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2, which crossed species barriers to infect humans, is highly contagious and associated with high lethality due to multi-organ failure, mostly in older patients with other co-morbidities. RECENT

findingsAccumulating clinical evidence demonstrates that the intensity of the infection and its complications are more prominent in men. It has been postulated that potential functional modulation of ACE2 by estrogen may explain the sex difference in morbidity and mortality. We review here the evidence regarding the role of estrogenic hormones in ACE2 expression and regulation, with the intent of bringing to the forefront potential mechanisms that may explain sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes, assist in management of COVID-19, and uncover new therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Sex FactorsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19EstrogensFemaleHumansMalePandemicsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase APneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2ACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2EstrogensPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AAngiotensin IIConverting enzymesDiastolic dysfunctionEstrogenHypertensionRenal function

Identifiers

PMID32852624
PMCPMC7449867
OpenAlexW3081041302

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