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<blockquote data-quote="LucySW" data-source="post: 2234739" data-attributes="member: 113749"><p>That’s correct. Apparently the way the virus reproduces itself is by latching onto ACE-2 receptors, wherever it finds them. That is the entry point - how we get it. ACE-2 receptors are produced by the epithelium, the surface of the walls of blood vessels, in the lungs (mainly), but also the intestine, kidneys, and heart muscle. </p><p></p><p>(As I understand it. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.)</p><p></p><p>So because some hypertension treatment significantly raises levels of these (in effect) gateway receptors, people taking hypertension medicines really need to try to protect themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LucySW, post: 2234739, member: 113749"] That’s correct. Apparently the way the virus reproduces itself is by latching onto ACE-2 receptors, wherever it finds them. That is the entry point - how we get it. ACE-2 receptors are produced by the epithelium, the surface of the walls of blood vessels, in the lungs (mainly), but also the intestine, kidneys, and heart muscle. (As I understand it. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.) So because some hypertension treatment significantly raises levels of these (in effect) gateway receptors, people taking hypertension medicines really need to try to protect themselves. [/QUOTE]
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