新研究：男人的肺似乎更易感染新冠病毒
<p><span word="Men">Men</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="women">women</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="enzyme">enzyme</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="infect">infect</span> <span word="cells">cells</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> — <span word="a">a</span> <span word="finding">finding</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19.</p><p>周一，一项欧洲的大型研究发现，一种新冠病毒用来感染细胞的关键的酶在男性血液中的含量高于女性。这一结果可能有助于解释为什么男人更容易感染新冠病毒。</p><p><span word="Angiotensin">Angiotensin</span>-<span word="converting">converting</span> <span word="enzyme">enzyme</span> 2 (<span word="ACE">ACE</span>2) <span word="is">is</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heart">heart</span>, <span word="kidneys">kidneys</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="organs">organs</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="respiratory">respiratory</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="progresses">progresses</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lungs">lungs</span>.</p><p><span word="ACE">ACE</span>2（血管紧张素转换酶2）可以在心脏、肾脏和其他器官中发现。在由新型冠状病毒引起的呼吸系统疾病新冠肺炎中，这种酶被认为在肺部感染过程中起到一定作用。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Heart">Heart</span> <span word="Journal">Journal</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="widely">widely</span>-<span word="prescribed">prescribed</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="ACE">ACE</span> <span word="inhibitors">inhibitors</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="angiotensin">angiotensin</span> <span word="receptor">receptor</span> <span word="blockers">blockers</span> (<span word="ARBs">ARBs</span>) <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="ACE">ACE</span>2 <span word="concentrations">concentrations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p>这项研究发表在《欧洲心脏杂志》上，研究也发现最常开的药物<span word="ARB">ARB</span>（血管紧张素Ⅱ受体阻滞剂）并不会导致<span word="ACE">ACE</span>2浓度升高，因此不会提高用这种药的人感染新冠病毒的风险。</p>
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