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- Title
High expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in colorectal cancer patients.
- Authors
Liu, Chao; Wang, Kai; Zhang, Min; Hu, Xiaoyu; Hu, Tian; Liu, Yumei; Hu, Qinyong; Wu, Shikai; Yue, Jinbo
- Abstract
Little is known of the patterns of expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 or the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in patients with COVID-19 and colorectal cancer. We found in both bulk and single-cell RNA-seq profiles that ACE2 and TMPRSS2 were expressed at high levels on tumor and normal colorectal epithelial tissues. Clinically, patients with colorectal cancer and COVID-19 were more likely to have lymphopenia, higher respiratory rate, and high hypersensitive C-reactive protein levels than matched patients with COVID-19 but without cancer. These results suggest that patients with colorectal cancer may be particularly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Further mechanistic studies are needed to support our findings.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; COLON cancer treatment; LYMPHOPENIA; RNA sequencing; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
NPJ Precision Oncology, 2021, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2397-768X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41698-020-00139-y