How The Coronavirus Infects Human Cells | Nutritional Supplements

 

 
I have noticed that this enzyme is referred to by many as the ACE2 receptor. You have to understand that ACE2 is not a receptor, it is an enzyme. The main function of ACE2 is to convert a pro-inflammatory substance called angiotensin II into anti-inflammatory angiotensin. Angiotensin II increases blood pressure and also promotes inflammation and lung damage, which is countered by angiotensin - which means we need to make an adequate amount of angiotensin - to balance the effects of angiotens.
 
This happens in healthy people, in a balance is established between angiotensin II and angiotensin - by the gníomhartha of ACE2. Unfortunately, athróg degrees of ACE2 deficiency are observed in the elderly poblogaeth, as well as in people with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. It turns out that ACE2 can also become glycosylated, which appears to increase the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to infect lung cells. Once a lung cell is infected with SARS-CoV-2, there is a further reduction in ACE2 activity, which further amplifies the imbalance between the lung-damaging angiotensin II and the protective angiotensin in the lungs.