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- Title
"Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining": How Three Rare Diseases Defend Themselves from COVID-19 and What We Have Learnt from It.
- Authors
Cacciapuoti, Martina; Caputo, Ilaria; Stefanelli, Lucia Federica; Davis, Paul A.; Nalesso, Federico; Calò, Lorenzo A.
- Abstract
The process of SARS-CoV-2 infection, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is carried out through different steps, with the interaction between ACE2 and Spike protein (S) being crucial. Besides of that, the acidic environment of endosomes seems to play a relevant role in the virus uptake into cells and its intracellular replication. Patients affected by two rare genetic tubulopathies, Gitelman's and Bartter's Syndromes, and a rare genetic metabolic disease, Fabry Disease, have shown intrinsic protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 on account of specific intrinsic features that interfere with the virus uptake into cells and its intracellular replication, which will be reported and discussed in this paper, providing interesting insights for present and future research.
- Subjects
RARE diseases; ANGIOKERATOMA corporis diffusum; COVID-19; GENETIC disorders; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Clinics & Practice, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 2, p614
- ISSN
2039-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/clinpract14020048